Henderson, Sophie

Sophie
Henderson

Sophie is a migration policy researcher with a PhD in international labour migration and human rights law from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge. Her main research interests include temporary labour migration, gender and migration, and human / labour rights, with a focus on women migrant domestic workers in the Asia Pacific region.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Auckland

    University, Auckland, New Zealand
    PhD Graduate

  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

    Other, Auckland, New Zealand
    Senior Researcher

  • University of Auckland

    University, Auckland, New Zealand
    PhD Candidate and Doctoral Fellow

Research

The realities of return migration: Reintegrating women migrant domestic workers in Sri Lanka

Authors Sophie Henderson, Sophie Henderson
Year 2024
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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1 Journal Article

Regulation through responsibilisation: Gendered exit policies and precarious migration from India and Sri Lanka

Authors Jolin Joseph, Sophie Henderson, Matt Withers, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 5
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2 Journal Article

The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers

Authors Richa Shivakoti, Sophie Henderson, Matt Withers
Year 2021
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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3 Journal Article

The legal protection of women migrant domestic workers from the Philippines and Sri Lanka: an intersectional rights-based approach

Authors Sophie Henderson
Year 2021
Journal Name INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE AND CARING
Citations (WoS) 4
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4 Journal Article

International Migration, Remittances and COVID-19: Economic Implications and Policy Options for South Asia

Authors Matt Withers, Sophie Henderson, Richa Shivakoti
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Asian Public Policy
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5 Journal Article

State-Sanctioned Structural Violence: Women Migrant Domestic Workers in the Philippines and Sri Lanka

Authors Sophie Henderson
Year 2020
Journal Name Violence Against Women
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6 Journal Article

Protecting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers

Authors Sophie Henderson
Year 2021
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7 Journal Article

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