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[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Thank you to @TheLadyMagazine for hosting a blog by our wonderful volunteer Matt Reynolds @mrmfr today to mark #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay in which he talks about our new report #12yearsofmodernslavery. Link to Matt’s blog here: https://t.co/ZcXHTQlaER

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

⚠️URGENT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Survivors of trafficking cannot access the NRM, the **ONE & ONLY SYSTEM** the UK has to safeguard and support them. The @ukhomeoffice must act NOW. Our announcement on our website sets out how. Please RT. 

https://t.co/E8dS9vQSwr

[Neville Southall @NevilleSouthall]

I’ll be talking about what makes migrant domestic workers vulnerable to abuse & what needs to change to keep them safe & protected at work. Ultimately it’s a power imbalance, one that is heavily in favour of employers & needs to be recalibrated. So let’s dive in… @kalayaan

[Neville Southall @NevilleSouthall]

Domestic work is WORK. It’s a hard & demanding job. You are on your feet for hours cleaning and cooking, looking after children, taking care of the elderly & other tasks around the house. It’s often viewed as low skilled but is just low paid & undervalued @kalayaan

[Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca]

Momentum around this petition from @thevoiceofdws and supported by @Kalayaan is mounting! Please sign and share. Domestic workers need the option to extend their visas beyond the initial six months, in order to have a genuine ability to leave situations of abuse and exploitation

[mkbratek @mkbratek]

@JulianBild Good luck Julian!!!!!!

[Bhatt Murphy (inactive account follow on BlueSky) @BhattMurphy]

We’ve teamed up with a group of doctors, artists, designers, film & television industry figures, IT developers & more to help co-ordinate efforts to source, manufacture & distribute alternative&additional #PPE to healthcare/key-workers & their employers during #COVIDー19 pandemic

[UCL Faculty of Laws @UCLLaws]

"There are legal structures that make workers vulnerable to exploitation. So why not change those as well"

Prof @vmantouvalou, Prof of Human Rights & Labour Law @ UCL Laws, spoke to @RKWinvisibleman on issues facing domestic workers abused by employers https://t.co/9Jr9YaRyva

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

First up we hear from Avril Sharp, Kalayaan’s Policy Officer who tells us the origins of the report: a migrant domestic #worker in the #NRM questioned why she couldn’t work. ‘I have hands and feet, I can move, I can work, why is the government stopping me?

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

It’s almost here - next Monday join us @UCLLaws to help us launch 🚀 our report and campaign #Dignitynotdestitution Looking forward to hearing directly from #workers & how they can be better supported in their recovery from abuse & exploitation
https://t.co/18t0ntnM0o

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Next Monday join us for an important discussion: how can we support migrant domestic #workers to recover from abuse and exploitation?

Clue: the answer is in the hashtag

#letworkerswork #dignitynotdestitution

Excited to be joined by amazing panel too!

https://t.co/18t0ntnM0o

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Brexit explained... https://t.co/wMM62BHDAz

[Dr Aviva Dautch @AvivaDautch]

I’ve seen several tweets comparing this to Nazis / The Holocaust and saying things like “this is how it begins”. I teach Holocaust Literature so let me be clear - this ISN’T how it began. This is already several stages along the way.
#NeverAgainIsNow https://t.co/HaYTrVyOGr

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Join us at @UCLLaws on 10 February for a conversation about how best to support migrant domestic workers in their recovery from abuse and exploitation, details in the tweet below 👇🏼 excited to be joined by an excellent panel of speakers!!

#letworkerswork #dignitynotdestitution

[Praxis 🧡 @Praxis_Projects]

This is amazing news. The £1k+ fees for citizenship held back so many children and young people from being formally recognised as British. This ruling will allow so many people to obtain the documents they need to move forward with their lives. Well done to all those involved!

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Domestic worker w/out the right to work in the NRM for 3 years, made in time application for leave to remain under #ModernSlaveryAct FINALLY has her app decided a YEAR later. Last 12m she has been destitute and struggling to survive #letworkerswork #dignitynotdestitution #success

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

We think our #Christmas2019Party was a #success ! Food, friendships and plenty of fun times! 🥳 🥳 🥳 with
@mkbratek @janelleisswell and our Kalayaan family

[mkbratek @mkbratek]

@ATLEUnit @Kalayaan https://t.co/8CJ49ugz89

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

🎄🎄Can *YOU* help us? 🎄🎄
Every year Kalayaan holds a party for #migrantdomesticworkers to come together & party to celebrate the festive season! We are without a tree this year & are looking for donations for one, lights, gifts, food & drink. Pls get in touch if you can help!

[Kalayaan🧡 @Kalayaan]

Our open letter to Immigration Minister @SeemaKennedy calling for reform is co-signed by 20+ individuals, charities and coalitions calling for a change in policy
#letworkerswork #dignitynotdestitution

You can read it here: https://t.co/X7N6l4QV5E