Description
Migrant domestic workers, most of whom are women, have long beensubjected to overwork, underpayment and modern slavery. During theCOVID-19 pandemic, when governments all over the world urged the publicto stay at home, it means something different to those domestic workerswho are required to live with their employers, as their so-called “homes” ina foreign society are actually their workplace. This book invites us to hearthe voices from domestic workers in Hong Kong. Apart from sharing theirstories as migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, they also shared theirwork experience in Singapore, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and the UK, whichindicates that their vulnerability is across borders.Through joining domestic workers’ Sunday gatherings, informal observation,and conducting multiple in-depth informal interviews with more than 20Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong amid COVID-19,Novia Bin traces these domestic workers’ life trajectories, documents theirexperiences, struggles, opinions and wishes, aiming to present their untoldstories as well as activism. This book discusses how poverty and socialexclusion lead to migrant domestic workers’ powerless situation, and howmany of them are persistent in fighting for their human rights and labourrights. Beyond that, it also explores other identities of the domestic workerswho could be artists, photographers, writers, union leaders, gifted languagelearners and activists. Without using any theories and jargon, this booktries to include readers from outside of academia. Anyone who cares aboutuniversal human rights could be a potential reader of this book.
Details
Publisher - Ukiyoto Publishing
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Novia Bin
Published Date - 2024-06-04
ISBN - 9789367951224
Dimensions - 22.5 x 15 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 230
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