According to a report by the International Labour Organization, one-third of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia are toiling as forced labourers. But what exactly is forced labour and what makes migrant domestic workers vulnerable to such modern-day slavery in Malaysia?
yesterday, i took ownership of the "workers' rights" magazine on kbin.social > you can find it here: kbin.social/m/workersrights
since i consider workers' rights to be of international importance, i try to get away from an english-only, anglocentric perspective > attempting to counter english dominance on the fediverse, i added the hashtag "hartal" ("strike" in many south asian and southeast asian languages), aiming at a better discoverability of non-english posts at least on this specific subject
if you send me the term for "strike" in a language other than english, i will add the term as a hashtag to the kbin magazine mentioned above > contributions from the global south are especially welcome!
How Indians Are Endangering The Health of Their Domestic Workers: New Study
A new report by non profit Jagori paints a grim picture of the way Indians treat their 50 million domestic workers—a quarter of those surveyed said they were prohibited from using the same utensils as their employers; 18% had no access to food or water at their workplace and 13% didn’t get leave when they fell sick. The report highlights the health impact of their hazardous workplaces i.e. the Indian home. Many other countries in the region do far more than India does for domestic workers.
Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia: Forced Labour and its Catalysts – New Naratif (newnaratif.com)
According to a report by the International Labour Organization, one-third of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia are toiling as forced labourers. But what exactly is forced labour and what makes migrant domestic workers vulnerable to such modern-day slavery in Malaysia?