Created by the International Domestic Workers Federation, here you can find a quick checklist to make sure that your home is a decent place for someone to work. If we have someone at home doing the chores and helping with the children, in return we have a responsibility to provide decent wages, decent hours, decent treatment.ContinueContinue reading “Is your home a decent workplace?”
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Documentary by Anti-Slavery International: Nepali migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.
Documentary: Nepali Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon – YouTube.
LEBANON: DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR LABOUR LAWS
According to this article by Anti-Slavery International, domestic workers in Lebanon experience poor living and working conditions; most who are women migrants from Nepal fall victims of various circumstances of abuse due to lack of sufficient legal protection. Furthermore, a flawed ‘protection’ from Nepal and absence of pre-departure training are presented in this article asContinueContinue reading “LEBANON: DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR LABOUR LAWS”
MUSANED – A program to protect domestic workers by the MOL from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MUSANED is a new online program addressing issues concerning domestic migrant work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Website is provided in English and in Arabic and it is composed of seven tools: Rights and Obligations (of both the employer and the employee) Service Stages (of recruitment, employment and departure) Recruitment Offices and CompaniesContinueContinue reading “MUSANED – A program to protect domestic workers by the MOL from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”
Rising number of housemaid deaths alarms Sri Lanka | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.
This is a news report from Saudi Arabia regards the increasing amount of deaths among Sri Lankan domestic workers. Rising number of housemaid deaths alarms Sri Lanka | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more..
Saudi Arabia set to protect workers while Indonesian maids face death – CNN.com
Indonesias are given rights as domestic workers, rights that by nature should have appleid long ago, by the Saudi Government. Saudi Arabia set to protect workers while Indonesian maids face death – CNN.com.
Statement of changes in immigration rules – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.UK
This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by James Brokenshire on 13 March 2014 This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by James Brokenshire on 13 March 2014via Statement of changes in immigration rules – Written statements to Parliament – GOV.UK.
Shedding light on the “invisible workforce”
September 5th, 2013 has become a day to celebrate! It has marked an important step to a social movement making a difference to more than 50 million people, most of them women. Convention 189, Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers has come into force. Finally there is some shed of light to the millionsContinueContinue reading “Shedding light on the “invisible workforce””
Saving Dolma, documenting the lives of many domestic workers – directed by Kesang Tseten
http://vimeo.com/16048869 “The film follows the thread of Dolma, sentenced to death for killing a Filipino co-domestic in Kuwait, presenting the multiple responses to this event, the upheaval and fractures of the family, the women’s advocacy group, Nepali society and officialdom.”
project-189.org 