domestic workers
She Left Home to Work 5,000 Miles Away, But Was Killed and Abandoned in a Desert
Authorities are moving to investigate a rise in Filipino workers’ abuses in Kuwait, after the chilling murder of a domestic worker by her employer’s 17-year-old son this month.
The Domestic Workers Trapped in Modern-Day Slavery
Inès dreamt of a better life in France. Instead, she was held captive inside a family home and made to work 24 hours a day.
My Family Made Me Realize Just How Mistreated Domestic Workers Are During the Pandemic
It became shockingly clear that my family pegged our helper’s life at a lower value than ours.
An Abusive System Left Ethiopian Domestic Workers Stranded In Lebanon For Years
Largely forgotten by international agencies, some survivors of Lebanon’s kafala system were flown home to Ethiopia last week.
India’s Urban Residents’ Welfare Associations Have Become Especially Dictatorial and Classist in the Lockdown
“After I got home to help my parents out, some 30 residents gathered outside demanding me to go back to "my home" because I'm married and now, apparently, the home I grew up in is no longer mine.”
8 Funds That Are Collecting Money for the People Who Need It Most Right Now
The coronavirus pandemic has hit undocumented people, domestic workers, homeless people, sex workers, and other marginalized communities hardest.
Domestic Workers Have Little Legal Protection. This Bill Could Change That.
Kamala Harris is proposing a "bill of rights" to protect a workforce made up almost entirely of women and women of color.
Has #MeToo Ignored The Most Vulnerable Demographic in India?
The domestic workers have suffered (mostly unreported) systematic abuse in Indian households. And, as author Tripti Lahiri tells VICE, the very system is built to isolate them from this cathartic movement.
Indonesian Migrant Workers are Using YouTube to Challenge Negative Stereotypes
"These vlogs are our resistance. We’re trying to show that we’re not like people think we are."
Domestic Workers Are Using WhatsApp to Organize and Escape Abuse
The hugely popular messaging service provides an unlikely lifeline for migrant women working as live-in maids and nannies.
Duterte flies Filipinos out of Kuwait after maid's body found in a freezer
She had been "roasted like a pig.”
For Domestic Workers, Sexual Harassment Can Feel Totally Inescapable
Most domestic workers work alone as nannies, house cleaners, or in-home healthcare workers—leaving them particularly vulnerable to harassment, and with few options for recourse or protection.