Sweeping Support Sought for Domestic Workers’ Rights

“My male employer was a womaniser and he liked to touch me and told me not to tell his wife. I felt so uncomfortable,” says Chompoo, who was just 15 years old when she served – and suffered abuse – as a domestic worker in the Thai capital of Bangkok.

Chompoo’s story was just one of those migrant and Thai domestic workers shared at a discussion ahead of the International Day of Solidarity With Domestic Workers, which falls on 28 August.

They talked about difficulties such as very long hours of work, inadequate rest areas and lack of access to health services, not to mention risks like sexual harassment and other forms of abuse.

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 under E-gender.