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Article

9 Dec 2015

Author:
Ritu Sharma, www.ucanews.com

Indian domestic workers protest for job security, minimum wages

Church organizations in the Indian capital have helped organize women domestic workers to demand minimum wages and job security, which they say are necessary to lead a dignified life...The issue of exploitation of domestic workers is very serious in India with some made to work for 16-18 hours with no legal protection, no contact with their family and some even are subjected to physical, mental and sexual harassment," Anushika Thompson, advocacy and networking officer of Chetnalaya's domestic workers' forum, told...They remain voiceless because their work is considered unskilled and due to the absence of a law for them, they remain unprotected and unrecognized...In 2010, the National Commission for Women came up with a draft law "Domestic Workers Welfare and Social Security Act" highlighting the exploitation but that is yet to be passed by Indian lawmakers.