Members belonging to the Tamil Nadu Domestic Workers’ Welfare Association staged a demonstration near the Collector’s office on Monday January 23. Their demands included fixation of minimum wages for domestic workers’ based on the price hike (index), to ratify the ILO convention supplemented by the recommendation on decent work for domestic workers, to ensure national [...]

The cabinet has struck a blow for the malnourished but another neglected section without which few houses in India can run is seeking the attention of policymakers. Domestic workers, India’s exploited and faceless army largely ignored by organised labour, are at the centre of a campaign being launched in India as part of a global [...]

A parliamentary panel has recommended that domestic workers be brought under the purview of the Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010. The comprehensive legislation seeks to protect women against sexual harassment at workplace and lays down a complaint and redress mechanism. Domestic workers, who make up 30 per cent of the [...]

For five hours every day, Ranjit Kumar and his 10-year-old son rummage through a giant pile of rotting trash with their bare hands, filling bags with pieces of metal, plastic and glass to take by cart to the recyclers market nearby. But an incinerator under construction not far away may mean that he and other [...]

The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia has reported that nine migrant domestic workers have died there this year, including one on Sunday, a rights activist and an opposition parliamentarian visiting Kuala Lumpur said yesterday. After a press conference held by the Malaysian rights group Tenaganita, Moeun Tola, head of the labour program at the Community Legal [...]

A Malaysia parliamentarian has lashed out at his own government and police for their “callous approach” in failing to take proper action in response to the deaths of nine Cambodian domestic workers in their country this year. Charles Santiago, a  member of the opposition Democratic Action Party, said yesterday his government and police  had “totally [...]

Cambodia’s Prime Minister has placed a temporarily ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia in a bid to stop violence against workers in the female-dominated industry, according to the ABC Radio Australia News. Prime Minister Hun Sen signed the order after numerous campaigns by human rights groups, focusing on the ill-treatment of maids sent to [...]

Honouring 100 women to mark 100 years of Women’s Resistance RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT and LIBERATION October 15 marks the day of the International Rural Women’s Day. It is also the eve of World Food Day. This highlights the critical roles rural women play in improving food security, enhancing agricultural and rural development, and eradicating rural poverty. [...]

Isis International joins in celebrating World Rural Women’s Day by sharing with you the statement of FemLINKPACIFIC. FemLINKPACIFIC Statement for Rural Women’s Day 2011 11 October 2011 “Rural Women’s Day 2011 should be more than just about advocating for a gender inclusive development agenda. Rural Women’s Day 2011 should enable the diverse experiences of rural [...]

Hong Kong’s High Court has ruled that a domestic helper from the Philippines should be allowed to apply for permanent residency in the city. The case was brought by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986. The ruling follows a landmark judicial review and could lead to more than 100,000 other [...]