Story of Gloria
Gloria: Cape Town, South Africa Most days, Gloria is up by 5:30am to get a 7:00am bus to the Cape Town SADSAWU offices (South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers
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Gloria: Cape Town, South Africa Most days, Gloria is up by 5:30am to get a 7:00am bus to the Cape Town SADSAWU offices (South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers
Aimée: Lomé, Togo Six days a week, Aimée rises before dawn to begin the 90-minute commute to her employer’s home in downtown Lomé, Togo. Her work day runs around 10
Details “We have a master’s degree in our minds!” An ininterrupted education did not interrupt Nellie’s ambitions Nellie Dina Kahua, the General Secretary of the Namibia Domestic and Allied Workers
Emebet organizes domestic workers in Ethiopia Details “Domestic workers are at a disadvantage and the international community should know that.” Emebet is a 28-year-old domestic worker in Ethiopia and a
Asmaou Bah sets an example, SYNEM-Guinea Details We must employ pregnant, breastfeeding women, and mothers:Asmaou Bah sets an example Asmaou Bah Doukouré, the general secretary of SYNEM-Guinea, the national domestic workers’
Income generating activities for dispossessed workers, IDWF Calendar 2022 Details SYNEMAG-B is playing many chords: Income generating activities for dispossessed workers The photo featured for our February month was taken on
Rosa: Lima, Peru Rosa has been a domestic worker in Lima for 32 years. A
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SIMUTHRES positions the sector’s demands on the government’s agenda Leaders of the Salvadoran domestic workers union SIMUTHRES succeeded in making...
Creuza Oliveira, a historic leader of the Brazilian and Latin American domestic workers’ movement, has been awarded the title of...
As part of its prestigious “Gender Equality Awards,” the Government of Canada recognized our very own leader, Shirley Pryce, with...