The power dynamics of labour migration to the Middle East are complex.
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The domestic workers’ place of work, as a private household, is difficult to monitor. It is therefore challenging for government to enforce current legislation.
The outsourcing of domestic work contributes to the race, class and gender stereotypes of domestic work. It has neither elevated the status nor improved the working conditions of domestic workers.
Maids were among Brazil’s earliest COVID-19 victims, infected by employers who had been to Italy. Now 39% of Brazilian ‘domésticas’ have been let go, most without severance or sick leave.
Several groups of people are at high risk of hardship, especially those who have effectively become unemployed because of the lockdown.
While small businesses will be partially cushioned by government support measures, there’s no support for the most vulnerable workers.
Middle-class Nigerians employ children in their homes for a range of reasons.
Legal academics may have a big role to fill the gap left by the government in protecting our migrant workers.
While other Latin American countries like Argentina and Brazil led the way on reforming legal protections for domestic workers, Mexico looked the other way.
Director Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ has received 10 Oscar nominations. Here, a sociologist explains the hidden historical and cultural context of the film.
Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society’s ethos.
Adequate and quality childcare determines women’s participation in the labour force and the type of work they can take on.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
With My Family’s Slave, journalist Alex Tizon challenges our complacency over domestic workers. When does domestic work become slavery?
Details are still emerging in the case of three women who claim to have been held as slaves for three decades in a suburban house in London. The Metropolitan police have stated that a 69-year-old Malaysian…
Domestic workers now have greater protection from exploitative employers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a convention which regulates working hours and prevents violence in the…
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