Social Media Ideas for Domestic Workers

Platform Affiliation Must Not Determine Domestic Workers’ Labour Rights

India must conceptualise a meaningful policy response that recognises domestic work as a formal labour sector and ensures enforceable protections for domestic workers. This include...

Formalising labour

A bill that protects domestic workers only works if those workers feel safe enough to actually use it

Deadly trust: Unregulated workforce where domestic workers kill employers

A disturbing pattern of domestic worker violence against employers is emerging in Nigeria. Learn about the dangers of an unregulated workforce and what exp Read More: https://punc...

Hong Kong’s domestic helpers need safe places to work and play

Two big issues are bubbling up over Hong Kong’s army of foreign domestic helpers. The whole community will have to sit down and decide how to address them. The first is the availab...

Zim Domestic Workers Trapped, Exploited in Qatar

By A Correspondent-A number of Zimbabwean women seeking better economic opportunities in Qatar are facing exploitation, abuse, wage theft and conditions resembling … Continue readi...

Wadau wataka mabadiliko kazi za majumbani

Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Wafanyakazi wa Majumbani nchini, Zanini Athumani, amesema wafanyakazi wa majumbani nchini bado wanakabiliwa na changamoto kubwa zinazohitaji hatua za haraka...

Visibilising The Invisible: Supreme Court Recognises The Economic Value Of Women’s Domestic Work

The court observed that it is ironic to describe a homemaker as dependent on the earning members of a household when, in reality, the household's functioning depends substantially...

Employers Told to Honour Domestic Workers' Wages

[Daily News] Mwanza -- THE government has reminded employers of domestic workers to comply with newly introduced minimum wage regulations and ensure workers receive all benefits pr...

Domestic workers’ wage hike plan sparks mixed reactions

The introduction of revised minimum wages for domestic workers has triggered mixed reactions among households in Tanzania, with some employers citing added financial pressure while...

As ILO convention turns 30, India’s home-based workers demand equal rights

Convention 177 was adopted on 20 June 1996, recognising home-based workers on a par with traditional wage earners.

Saudi Arabia’s reforms fail to halt abuse of Filipino helpers, Amnesty warns

Filipino domestic workers continue to endure widespread labour exploitation and sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia, according to a new Amnesty International report. The rights watchdog f...

Zimbabwe sets domestic workers minimum wage at US$90

THE minimum wage for domestic workers has been set at US$90 per month while that of workers in unclassified operations has been pegged at US$270, cabinet has announced. The new wag...

Saad Kassis-Mohamed calls on Qatar to protect Ghanaian domestic workers and prosecute abusers

The Human Rights Association (HRA) today calls on the Government of Qatar to take immediate and enforceable action to protect Ghanaian domestic workers employed on Qatari territory...

Zimbabwe’s Shameful Secret: Government increases all domestic workers salaries… as some bosses demand lula lula from the...

HARARE – For the thousands of women who form the backbone of Zimbabwe’s middle-class households, the news this week should have been a cause for celebration. The government officia...

NGOs launch safeguarding programme for child domestic workers

Slum2School Africa and The Freedom Fund partner to protect child domestic workers in Lagos with a new safeguarding programme integrating education and supp Read More: https://punc...

Kuwait Bans Domestic Workers From Kenya and 26 Other Countries

Kuwait’s government has, through its Interior Ministry, issued a directive that bans the recruitment of domestic workers from Kenya and 26 other countries. Gulf News reported that...

“A condemnation to slavery” – domestic workers slam US$90 minimum wage

The Zimbabwe Domestic and Allied Workers Union (ZDAWU) has condemned the government’s newly gazetted minimum wages for domestic workers, describing them as “poverty wages” that fai...

Your House Help Must Now Earn at Least Ksh18,047 a Month as CS Mutua Releases New Wage Rates

Domestic workers across Kenya are expected to take home higher pay after the Ministry of Labour introduced new minimum wage regulations. Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua annou...

Govt Begins Enforcement of New Pay Rules for Domestic Workers

[Daily News] Mwanza -- AUTHORITIES have begun enforcing revised minimum wage rules for domestic workers, requiring employers to comply with new pay scales and provide full statutor...

Filipino workers in Hong Kong allegedly recruited as surrogates for overseas couples

The Philippine consulate in Hong Kong is investigating allegations that domestic helpers are being recruited in the city to become surrogate mothers for couples in other countries...

The Kafala System Disables Workers. International Disability Law Can Hold Saudi Arabia Accountable

The story of a Kenyan domestic worker is one of 15 in the first UN communications challenging the Kafala system under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The...

Hong Kong helpers cry out as popular garden in Central to close for underpass work

A Hong Kong migrant workers’ group has urged authorities to expand a pedestrian area in Central on Sundays, as a section of a landmark garden that serves as a popular gathering spo...

New shelter for Filipino helpers in Hong Kong awaits government green light

A new shelter for distressed Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong is ready but awaiting official approval to open, with the Philippines’ labour minister describing the Tai Po vil...

Migrant caregivers, rights groups protest conditions