We co-hosted a #worldcup2026 watch party for @playfairatl along with @redlightdistrictbytwo & got to hang with @workersunitedsouth & @gaaflcio breaking down myths around #humantrafficking & large events. So fun to get to connect with good people doing good work!
Mimi Jalmasco, Deputy Director @thevoiceofdws โThere should be regular information sessions ensuring domestic workers understand their rights- like minimum wages & time off- we also need stronger labor inspections & further strengthening of sanctions against employers who exploit
Evelyn Chinoco from @Kalayaan โThe government should punish abusive employers, it's not right that abusive employers are still able to come back to the UK and simply continue the exploitation of another domestic worker. They should be banned from the country, full stop.โ
Mimi Jalmasco, Deputy Director @thevoiceofdws โWhat you can do to help is report on what you see. Contact us on Facebook page if you see domestic workers experiencing abuse and you feel they are being exploited in a private household, or report it to authorities.โ
Evelyn Chinoco "Because of poverty I wasnโt able to find work in the Philippines so I went to UAE, like the others, I became a victim of modern slavery. Working long hours, no days off. But with the help of my friend and @Kalayaan I have now been reunited with my family."
Analisa Caunceran from @KalayaanI What I want to see is domestic workers being more visible and more of them transforming their lives into leaders like Mimi Jalmasco, Deputy Director @thevoiceofdws and myself. We need to recognize domestic work as real work.โ
Eleanor Lyons, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner @UKAntiSlavery "We need policies that place the victim's protection and access to justice at their heart. That is what I call on the government to do."
Eleanor Lyons, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner @UKAntiSlavery "My job is to give a voice to those who have been affected by policy and practice, and domestic workers have long been vulnerable to exploitation."
Happening now Broken Promises: The visa policy that fails migrant domestic workers chaired by Eleanor Lyons, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner @UKAntiSlavery & with Analisa Caunceran from @Kalayaan, Evelyn Chinoco from @Kalayaan & Mimi Jalmasco, Deputy Director @thevoiceofdws
Join our event & hear directly from people with experience about the visa rules that leave overseas domestic workers vulnerable to exploitation & servitude.
Chaired by the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
Friday, June 12
3 pm UK (10 am ET)
Zoom: https://t.co/OSLjZo7t4N