Lebanon: Sophia’s story
Cameroon – After her husband died in 2000, Sophia found herself burdened with two newborn babies Kristie, Conny and her youngest sister Layanah, without any source of income. She had recently
IDWFED April 30, 2020
Cameroon – After her husband died in 2000, Sophia found herself burdened with two newborn babies Kristie, Conny and her youngest sister Layanah, without any source of income. She had recently
Malaysia – Dahliana and Uli are Indonesian migrant domestic workers who have been working and living in Malaysia for about twenty years. Since the Malaysian Government imposed Movement Control Order
Qatar – I had such high hopes before I came to Qatar. I signed up as a hotel housekeeper and room attendant, but I ended up cleaning houses. I am
IDWF and its affiliates are working hard in an effort to mitigate the situation that domestic workers (DWs) are in and to advocate with them. This has taken different forms
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) congratulates the Union of Auxiliary Personnel of Private Houses
Violence and harassment take many forms. Whether a single or a repeated occurrence, whether it aims or results in violence, whether it is physical, psychological, sexual, or economic, bears no difference.
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects recent changes and the impact of such changes, as well as the opinions of organized domestic workers.
This podcast was recorded in November 2022 in Qatar to outline migrant domestic workers’ experiences of the labor law reforms and hear their demands on areas of improvement. All the names used in this podcast are pseudonyms.
Hard hit by the pandemic, domestic workers suffered devastating job loss, displacement from homes, and exposure to serious health risks on the job.
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Kathmandu in 2019 with 70 domestic workers. Follow-up interviews were held with domestic worker leaders as the COVID-19 pandemic