Trafficked from Sri Lanka to Jordan as a maid In Sri Lanka, I went to school a little, but my family couldn’t afford it. When I was ten, I started working as a maid. I got very little money. My brothers work on a tea plantation. >>

Domestic workers - ratification campaign Across the world, vulnerable people—particularly women—are exploited when they go abroad as domestic workers. With no laws to protect them, housemaids suffer abuse, withheld wages and more. >>

More hope for domestic workers worldwide The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that a second country, the Philippines, has just ratified Convention 189/2011 for Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Uruguay was the first country to ratified this Convention last June. >>

Banning women from work is not the answer, says Caritas Nepal’s August 2012 ban preventing women under 30 from working in Gulf countries is well-meaning but misguided, according to Caritas migration experts. >>

Help for abused migrant women in Japan For decades, many women in the Philippines were recruited to work in “snack bars” in Japan. “Snack bars” are places where men go to drink alcohol. The women there are called entertainers, and they sing and talk to the men. >>