Foreign Domestic Workers - Unrecognised, Unprotected and Underpaid!
- Document number
- 1394
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Foreign Domestic Workers - Unrecognised, Unprotected and Underpaid!
- Author/publisher
- United for Foreign Domestic Workers' Rights (UFDWR)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- Recognising the need for a regional response to the lack of labour and health protection forforeign domestic workers in Asia, six regional networks - Coordination of Action Research onAIDS and Mobility (CARAM-Asia), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development( APWLD), Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), Asia Pacific Mission for Migrant(APMM), Asian Migrant Centre (AMC), and Mekong Migration Network (MMN) – have formed acoalition to campaign for the advancement of the human rights of foreign domestic workers.Under the banner, ‘UNITED FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS’ RIGHTS, the first campaign willbe for all FDWs to receive ‘A Day Off’.This campaign is critical. Without a day off, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) cannot organise,and without organising they cannot seek to collectively better their working conditions, and aredenied opportunities to improve their knowledge, skills and confidence. A day off also means afree day each week for FDWs to access public health services and to pursue activities that willenhance and meet their psycho-social needs.
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