BOTSWANA: RIGHTS LACKING FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ......researcher for the biggest study so far on domestic workers in Botswana arrived for a workshop...confirming how isolated and vulnerable domestic workers are. Usually women, they work long...to be interviewed. Intimidation of domestic workers is not new. According to the 1986...

In Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the...

The International Migration Review;  January 1, 1999 ;     639 words ......Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian Modernity Project...A. GOYETTE, University of Michigan Domestic workers are often conceptualized as workers...research has argued that, in fact, domestic workers do not simply exist in the "private...

SINGAPORE: ARMY OF DOMESTIC WORKERS NEEDED, BUT OFTEN FORGOTTEN

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......They are Singapore's 140,000 foreign domestic workers. Over the past decade, they have become...comparing the plight of animals to that of domestic workers -- and finds that animals were better...substantiated cases of physical abuse of domestic workers have fallen from the 1997 high ...

Domestic Workers Rally for 'Bill of Rights'; Improved Wages, Benefits...

The Washington Post;  October 31, 2005 ;     610 words ......history of the United States" for domestic workers yesterday to gain backing for a measure...organized by the Coalition to Support Domestic Workers, called on Montgomery County Council...Spring, included testimony from several domestic workers who said they have suffered on the...

THAILAND: LABOR LAWS LEAVE DOMESTIC WORKERS UNPROTECTED

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......homes and unprotected by labor laws, domestic workers in Thailand often endure severe abuses. The country has 64,044 registered domestic workers, but the actual figures may be much...domestic help. The fact that many domestic workers are migrants from neighboring Burma...

Middle East/North Africa: Treat Domestic Workers Fairly This Ramadan

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......reflection and fasting, employers of domestic workers in the Middle East and North Africa...special care to consider the rights of domestic workers, who work extra hours to aid with...abuse and exploitation of migrant domestic workers and child domestic workers in the...

INDONESIA: GOVERNMENT FAILING EXPLOITED DOMESTIC WORKERS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 14, 2007 ;     321 words ......issued the following news release: Domestic workers in Indonesia face withheld wages...employers. "Like every other human being, domestic workers have rights - including the right...International. The estimated 2.6 million domestic workers in Indonesia are generally considered...

DOMESTIC WORKERS' CONVENTION HELD

The Hindustan Times;  May 7, 2007 ;     229 words ......a bid to highlight the problems of domestic workers in the State who are still unorganised...and deplorable condition, National Domestic Workers' Movement organised a domestic workers' convention at Japorigog in the city...

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: LABOR REFORM TARGETS DOMESTIC WORKERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......regulate the relationship between domestic workers and their sponsors. This move comes...excludes from its purview the rights of domestic workers, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation...abuse. There are at least 600,000 domestic workers in the country. "The decision to draft...

Not One of the Family: Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada

The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Not One of the Family: Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada. Toronto: University of...ideologies which shape the experiences of domestic workers in Canada. This edited collection...development of Canadian programs on migrant domestic workers, as well as insight on workers' active...

Domestic workers sue, organize for workplace rights

Charleston Daily Mail;  June 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......What did I know?" she said at a domestic workers' support group at La Raza Centro Legal...woman used to find new employment. Domestic workers have no right to overtime, sick time...often have it even worse. But many domestic workers are finding their voices. They are...

Domestic workers get funeral cover.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  December 4, 2007 ;     307 words ......MASEMOLA The safety net for South African domestic workers has just been extended - they now...plan and funeral cover package. The Domestic Workers' Plan was the result of a collaboration...was launched at a festival to honour domestic workers, held at the Union Buildings at the...

Tribute to nation's domestic workers.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  September 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Keynote Speech delivered at the National Domestic Workers Summit, Skyline Riverbend Hotel, Marikina...our return. They are the countless domestic workers, mostly women, who have hitherto remained...Filipino workers (OFWs) are made up of domestic workers. In 2002 alone, if you look ...

LABOR-ASIA: DOMESTIC WORKERS OFTEN SNUBBED BY EMPLOYERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and pets not allowed. Dignity for foreign domestic workers is still an elusive concept in many Asian...tens or hundreds of thousands of foreign domestic workers. Some domestic workers are little more than bonded labor, increasingly...

Domestic workers must get their due.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  August 16, 2006 ;     245 words ......after the Government decided to bring domestic workers into the mainstream of employment legislation, details of more than 500 000 domestic workers are registered on the UIF database...what is of concern is that so many domestic workers - housekeepers, nannies, gardeners...