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. […]
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 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 […]
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/
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. […]
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。
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。
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!
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!
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 […]