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Economy 2 months ago

India's domestic workers go online as instant services boom

Households in India have long relied on an informal army of domestic workers to mop floors, wash dishes and cook meals. A growing crop of tech start-ups is now attempting to bring structure to the unregulated sector.

Society 3 months ago

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Four Malaysians arrested over alleged abuse of Indonesian domestic workers

YY's complaint was followed by the emergence of a video that allegedly documented the abuse. Malaysian police said the footage, recorded on July 26 last year, showed a man and a woman repeatedly punching and slapping a domestic worker while another man and a woman verbally abused her.

Society 7 months ago

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Civil groups renew calls for domestic workers bill passage

President Prabowo Subianto promised during the International Workers’ Day, or May Day, rally in 2025 to push the House of Representatives to pass the domestic workers protection bill within three months.

Society 3 years ago

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Activists stage hunger strike over lack of progress on domestic workers bill

The hunger strike will be held in six cities across the country, including Medan, North Sumatra; Semarang, Central Java; Makassar, South Sulawesi; and Yogyakarta.

Academia 3 years ago

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Further steps are needed to ensure protection for domestic workers in coming bill

Domestic workers are even more vulnerable to abuse because they work in private homes.

Academia 4 years ago

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RI’s domestic workers more protected abroad than at home

Employers in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries in many cases surpass their Indonesian counterparts when it comes to treating domestic workers.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Hong Kong foreign domestic workers 'abandoned' in virus crisis

The Chinese financial hub is currently in the throes of its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak, registering thousands of confirmed cases a day as hospitals reach breaking point.

Editorial 4 years ago

Migrant worker protection needs win-win solution

Indonesia and Malaysia are slated to sign a new agreement this week on migrant worker protection, nearly six years after the previous deal expired, and it can only be hoped that the new deal will offer legal certainty for both Indonesian workers and their Malaysian employers.

Opinion 5 years ago

Decent work for domestic workers; Are we making a difference?

The informality of domestic work contributes to its invisibility, and this in turn, creates a circumstance where the plight of domestic workers is more easily overlooked.

National 6 years ago

COVID-19 crisis erodes women’s rights in Indonesia: Activists

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia continues to disproportionately affect women, exacerbating gender inequalities that were already present in the country, women’s rights activists say.

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