Tsunami-affected foreign women struggle to land caregiver jobs

Tsunami-affected foreign women struggle to land caregiver jobs

SUMITA, Japan - Philippine women study nursing care in a class on a caregiver training course in the town of Sumita in Iwate Prefecture on March 2, 2012. They are among the 24 participants in a program funded by the Japan Association for Refugees to help foreign women affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011 land jobs as caregivers. (Kyodo)

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