Dignity Overdue: Decent Work for Domestic Workers

[eddyreed79]

I understand that female domestic workers are vulnerable when held in domestic labour but as a Southern African I can verify that male domestic workers, particularly minors are in equal jeopardy of exploitation too. They are often overlooked due to the feminisation of this whole issue. Domestic workers will always exist in countries where labour supply exceeds economic demand.

The real question we should be asking is how the Middle-Class can aid the human development of Domestic workers?

[pfonyt]

"They say that man is mighty.

He governs land and sea,

He wields a mighty scepter

O'er lesser powers that be;

But a mightier power and stronger

Man from his throne has hurled,

For the hand that rocks the cradle

Is the hand that rules the world." ~ William Ross Wallace (1819-1881), What Rules the World

[kiaaan420]

SUCH A SHAME,,

[dinavienna]

It's sad how here in Europe you hear about the "old times" where the employer or the "son of the house" would harass or rape the maid - and in the Middle East everyone knows this is happening today. It is a problem in many countries and regions the world over, but I believe in regions where sexuality is taboo this increases the vulnerability of domestic workers with regard to rape.

Thanks to human rights groups and ILO reports this horrible taboo is confirmed in statistics for a few years now.

[NoEalamInSL]

Women rights should be protected espcially in Middle East. Should give more freeodm to switch the employer. but fruits and veg are picked up by kids, should not be treated as a violation. these fucking activist groups are messing the world. let the kids learn work and earn. those days kids used to work with parents and grand parents, so they gained a lot of experience from the environment. Todays kids are imprisoned in creshes! get lost!

[crazylele1]

What some of these people are doing to their domestic workers is despicable. I hope that they are able to pass new laws to prevent these things from happening. Or at least to give justice to the women who were harmed.

[LuminousAeon]

This is horribly sad to me, even as a male. I see this as one of the side effects of industrialization.