FENATRAD, our affiliate in Brazil works on advocacy as well as provision of direct humanitarian support. It has been giving advice and legal orientation by phone to domestic workers and delivering relief packages that contain food staples, medicines and protective gear.
In collaboration with other groups, they launched a national campaign and petition to stop local states from making domestic work compulsory during the lock down period. Read more by clicking here.
They have already succeeded in making a state to back down!
Luiza Batista, the president, published a guide for feminist employers, together with the academic Liana Cirna. Click here to check it out.
Read the testimony of our affiliate from the Dominican Republic by clicking here.
“We cannot let our affiliates get sick with COVID-19 because most likely they will not receive medical treatment!”
Enga Lenga, a group of Ethiopian domestic workers supported by IDWF in Lebanon, is providing much needed assistance to fellow domestic workers during these harsh times!
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