Domestic workers’ organising
National and regional-level meetings across the country, attended by women from various socio-economic backgrounds, creating a space to discuss working conditions and available social security.
Protection · Empowerment
Woman and Child Rights
A holistic approach to the rights of women and children — recognising that their well-being is essential to a nation’s progress.
Context
Why this work exists.
Women and children are the heart of every society and their well-being is essential for a nation’s progress and prosperity. Women, as caregivers, educators and economic contributors, play a pivotal role in shaping the future. Their empowerment leads to healthier families, stronger communities, and a more equitable society.
Children, as the future generation, represent hope and potential. Investing in their health, education and protection is an investment in the nation’s future. This is exactly what drives our work in this area, where we follow a holistic approach.
How we work
What the programme actually does.
Anti-trafficking
Approaching the anti-trafficking unit and informing the district administration where trafficking is identified, working alongside police and partner organisations.
Child protection
Protection of children found in bonded and forced labour, including the children of rescued families, and support for their schooling.
Outcomes
What a closed case looks like.
- Space for domestic workers to organise and discuss working conditions and social security
- Coordinated rescue where trafficking is identified
- Protection and schooling support for children of rescued families
Questions
Frequently asked.
What does the domestic workers’ programme involve?+
We hold national and regional-level meetings across different parts of the country, attended by women from various socio-economic backgrounds. These meetings create a space for domestic workers and house-helps to discuss their working conditions and other available forms of social security.
Related
Other areas of our work.
Bonded Labour
Identification, case registration, rescue and statutory rehabilitation of workers held in debt bondage — a practice outlawed in India since 1976.
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Advocacy and rehabilitation for unorganised-sector workers, migrant labourers, bonded labourers, trafficking survivors and homeless destitute labourers denied adequate housing.
Read moreGig Workers
Mobilisation, advocacy, capacity building and legal aid for platform-based workers left in regulatory limbo by India’s labour codes.
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Reports can be anonymous. Every case above began with someone deciding to speak.