Roundtable draws up next steps for FDW rights
One of the most significant efforts to explore how foreign domestic workers’ (FDWs) rights can be respected under the law took place on Saturday. Nearly 100 non-profit and NGO chairs and leaders, general consuls and their representatives, lawmakers and professors, met at the University of Hong Kong as part of a Roundtable on Domestic Workers. […]
(SCMP) Protesters demand Regina Ip apologise for comments about Filipino maids
Open Door joined several Hong Kong protest groups to demand an apology from Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, after she cited complaints from expats about Filipino domestic workers seducing their husbands. Doris Lee, Open Door’s chairwoman, said her comments promoted hatred against maids and she must apologise. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1774282/protesters-demand-regina-ip-apologise-comments-about
Selma – a movie with a message for Hong Kong?
Selma is a movie about US civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King, at the height of struggle for equal rights for African-Americans, in the 1960s. In Hong Kong, we seem to have less racial conflicts, yet there are deep divisions and inequalities among groups in society – and migrant domestic workers are one example […]
Selma 《馬丁路德金 – 夢想之路》 – 香港人你有共鳴嗎？
大家睇左 Selma 《馬丁路德金-夢想之路》 未呀？ 仲未睇嘅朋友，今個禮拜日就同我地一齊，睇完仲可以一齊傾下 ! 今個禮拜日，家。傭同行Open Door會去到百老匯電影中心一起睇5.40pm場嘅Selma，睇完會一齊去附近餐廳一路食飯一路傾下，大家有乜體會。香港雖然無話好似當年美國咁嚴重嘅種族問題，但移民家庭工往往有如二等公民，制度上同社會上都受到歧視。我地希望籍住呢個機會，帶起大家反思同討論有關議題。有興趣嘅朋友，請同我地講聲，然後自行買飛啦 記住係星期日5號，百老匯電影中心（油痲地果間），下午5.40分場！ 我地亦邀請左有興趣參與討論嘅外傭姐姐啊 如果你識得會有興趣寫一篇有關在港外傭嘅文章嘅姐姐，叫佢地聯絡我地啦！我地準備左五張飛送俾寫得最好最好嘅幾位！ 入呢度買飛啦 http://www.cinema.com.hk/revamp/html/cinema_every.php?lang=e&cinema_id=10 FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/853050528089717/
Former Hong Kong employer of ‘tortured’ maid denies charges in court
Justice delayed is justice denied. We hope the courts can bring justice to abused domestic worker Erwiana as soon as possible. The shamelessness of the employer Law Wan-tung in denying all charges of abuse is breathtaking, given the extent of injuries, starvation and mistreatment discovered in Erwiana at the time her case was first reported. […]
Erwiana被虐 兩地政府同樣有責
涉嫌虐打Erwiana的僱主羅允彤昨日於區域法院提堂，她合共被控20項罪名，並否認全部控罪。案件將押後至7月10日預審。控方將傳召36位證人上庭，預料審訊長達16天。
她們的中環──菲傭週日生活團
6月1日，我們參加了由Her Story她們的中環所舉辦的菲傭週日生活團。想不到中環有這樣的一面，每一事每一物都讓我感覺新奇。 首先我們到環球廣場地下，看見菲傭互相幫忙，把日用品、食物、電器等都塞到紙皮箱去，準備寄回家鄉。因為運費不是依重量計算，而是依箱的數量，故所有完成包裹頂都呈拱形，都被塞得滿滿的。我們好奇，為什麼她們把菲律賓同樣有售的物品寄回？答案各有不同，有的說品質有差別，香港的夠好、有的則擔心家人會胡亂花錢，尤其怕丈夫花錢包二奶、有的則希望家人能夠了解她們在香港生活是用什麼吃什麼。
國際家務工日
香港的外地傭工佔了本地勞動人口的十分之一，她們對社會的貢獻真的不能被忽視。 6月16日（星期一）是國際家務工日，這是一個很好的機會去多謝她們一直以來對香港家庭的付出。 歡迎學校、教會、團體和市民，向我們分享你們對慶祝國際家務工日的想法。希望大家能夠以行動表示支持，把謝意傳達到香港每一個家傭！
國際家務工日 6.16
香港的外地傭工佔了本地勞動人口的十分之一，她們對社會的貢獻真的不能被忽視。 6月16日（星期一）是國際家務工日，這是一個很好的機會去多謝她們一直以來對香港家庭的付出。 歡迎學校、教會、團體和市民，向我們分享你們對慶祝國際家務工日的想法。希望大家能夠以行動表示支持，把謝意傳達到香港每一個家傭！
2012 June 16 – International Domestic Workers’ Day
Hong Kong is one of the major destination countries of migrant domestic workers in Asia. But have you heard of June 16 – International Domestic Workers’ Day? Let us take this day as a chance to appreciate domestic workers’ contributions to our families and to Hong Kong society! Share with us your ideas for a gesture […]
