Statement of Hong Kong Organizations and Individuals to Request an End to Ban on Workers Living Outside Employers’ Homes
TVB recently reported that Immigration raided the village of Nim Shue Wan in Discovery Bay, checking the documents of the domestic workers living there and arresting six Filipina domestic workers. (1) We strongly believe that banning live-out helps no one in Hong Kong at all. Migrant domestic worker organizations such as Mission for Migrant Workers […]
聲明：要求政府放寬「外傭強制留宿政策」
入境處於7月16日突擊檢查愉景灣稔樹灣村，並以涉嫌違反入境條例拘捕了六名菲律賓籍外傭。我們強烈要求政府早日檢視「外傭強制留宿政策」相關的入境條例，以確保僱傭雙方均有選擇的自由，並盡快向公眾提供外傭「合理工作及居住條件」指引，以及建立抽查外傭居住環境的制度，保障外傭的工作及居住環境是合理、安全，及具私隱的。
《「印」象．銅鑼灣》
《「印」象．銅鑼灣》 週日的銅鑼灣，處處都人頭湧湧，維園更是坐滿外傭，港人看到此情此境，大都習以為常，但又「掂行掂過」，不加理會。 到底我們有多了解這些平時為香港辛勞工作的一群？我們對他們的印象又是如何？ 「家．傭同行」一直相信，要讓大眾了解現今普遍外傭的真實處境，就要讓兩者有對話的空間。因是之故，我們於剛過去的星期日（14/7）舉辦了本年度第一次的「香港爪哇村」印傭導賞團。在這個旅程中，我們帶領了參加者進入了印傭在星期日的生活，以另一角度，重新認識印傭，重新認識銅鑼灣。
Outdated attitudes about working women persist
CELEBRATION OF WOMEN Jennifer Ngo Oct 14, 2011 Hong Kong may boast of being a modern world city with liberal and open views, but a recent survey suggests it is still highly traditional when it comes to women’s rights – especially in the workplace. According to the Women’s Commission poll, over half of 3,000 respondents […]
