Press Coverage
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The following are articles written about Domestic Workers United's "Dignity for Domestic Workers" campaign:
Chisun Lee's three-part series for the Village Voice on the domestic workers' movement:
*Part 2: Breaking Their Silence
*Part 3: The Heart Of The Work
Erline Browne and Ai-Jen Poo, Plight of the Domestics: What about the nanny?
(Both authors are members/organizers of Domestic Workers United)
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Lynda Richardson, A Union Maid? Actually a Nanny, Organizing
(New York Times)]
Aleksandra Todorova, Nanny Nightmares (Porfolio at NYU)
Rita Villadiego, Bill of Rights to Protect Nannies, Housekeepers Filed
Aina Hunter, Security on the Domestic Front (Village Voice)
Albor Ruiz, Move to Give Caretakers Rights (New York Daily News)
The following are articles written on the international movement for domestic workers' rights:
From Chad:
Teenage Girls From the Country Work for a Song in the City (All Africa)
From India:
Some Domestic Workers Are Only Five (The Hindu)
From India:
Network Supplyiing Domestic Workers Unearthed (The Hindu)
From Indonesia:
Activists Call for Ruling to Protect Domestic Workers (The Jakarta Post)
From Indonesia:
Meena S. Janardhan, Despite Ban, Some Indonesian Workers Still Make It to Gulf (Inter Press Service)
From Lesotho:
Goverment Tackles Child Labour And Exploitation (All Africa)
From Lesotho:
Abuse of Child Domestic Workers Uncovered (All Africa)
From Malaysia:
Pushed to the Edge, Some Domestics Turn to Murder (Inter Press Service)
From Thailand:
UN urges Thailand to protect alien domestic workers from abusive employers (Xinhua General News Service)
From The United Arab Emerates:
Daniel Bardsley,Mistreatment Stories Scare Away Domestic Workers (Gulf News)
From The United Arab Emerates:
Employers Abusing Domestic Workers Get Sponsorship Ban (Gulf News)
From Zambia: Domestic Workers Demand Salary Hike (Times of Zambia)
From Zimbabwe:
Wages Won't Erode Gains (All Africa)