FROM THE FIELDS

Domestic Workers` Federation Mumbai:From Initial Diffidence to Growing Militancy


Babli Rawat

In October 2005, in Kolhapur, the author took up the challenge of organising domestic workers, and finding an appropriate authority to address the demands for their rights.

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Bringing Change to the Employer-Employee Relationship in Domestic Work: Astitva


Preeti Kirbat

Astitva is a community based, working women`s organisation in Dehradun that strives to empower and enable women workers from poor socio-economic areas to access better-paid work and, thereby, have increased control over their lives.

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Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers: The Migrant Forum in Asia Experienc


William Gois

The Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) is a regional network of migrant organisations, NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organisations, grass-roots organisations and individuals working to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers.

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Professionalising Domestic Services: SEWA Kerala


Nalini Nayak

SEWA–Kerala was registered in 1986 and its members affiliated to the National SEWA Trade Union in 1990. Subsequently, it was registered as a trade union in Kerala in 2008,

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