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‘Uzbek domestic worker locked up in her room for fear of virus’

NEW REPORT

‘Uzbek domestic worker locked up in her room for fear of virus’

Trade Union of Domestic Workers’ Solidarity (EVİD-SEN) has shared the findings from its "Report on the Problems Faced by Domestic Workers During the Pandemic in the Context of Violations of the Right to Work and Other Rights.”

7 January 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Violence against domestic workers amid pandemic

Violence against domestic workers amid pandemic

According to a report by Domestic Workers Solidarity Union, 97 percent of domestic workers have to struggle against economic violence in Turkey. 99.7 percent of women subjected to violence at home say they are also subjected to violence at work.

26 November 2020

The Levantine banality of evil: Kafala system in Lebanon

PENNED BY VERDA YÜCEER

The Levantine banality of evil: Kafala system in Lebanon

Is a revolution complete when deep-rooted racism (expressed through the Kafala system and beyond) is not eliminated? Would it still have been the same to visit Lebanon and walk in the jasmine scented streets without thinking of these Ethiopian women?

22 June 2020 Verda Yüceer

Domestic Workers: Municipalities Can Employ us to Care for the Sick and Elderly

CORONAVIRUS

Domestic Workers: Municipalities Can Employ us to Care for the Sick and Elderly

Gülhan Benli from the Domestic Workers Solidarity Union and Münire İnal from the Collective Work Domestic Workers Union have spoken to bianet about the problems of domestic worker women who have to stay home due to coronavirus outbreak.

29 April 2020 Evrim Kepenek

'I am Domestic Worker Rukiye Şimşek, I Died by Falling from the Window'

'I am Domestic Worker Rukiye Şimşek, I Died by Falling from the Window'

After the efforts of the İmece Domestic Workers Union, the woman and her husband who are responsible for my death have been given a sentence and this set a precedent.

24 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Domestic Workers Urge Redrafting of Omnibus Bill

Domestic Workers Urge Redrafting of Omnibus Bill

Turkey's female domestic workers urge the omnibus bill to be redrafted according to their demands and needs. Draft of omnibus will be discussed in the parliamentary session of the parliament in September.

4 September 2014

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

The Women's Solidarity Association for Collective Work launched a signature campaign to urge the government for the approval of the ILO's "Decent Work for Domestic Workers" convention and for corresponding amendments in domestic law in line with the convention.

18 January 2012