Domestic Worker Exploitation

A couple has been booked for allegedly beating up an 11-year-old girl they employed as a house helper for Rs 5,000, police said on Wednesday.

San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse.

Migrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are beaten, exploited and trapped in forced labour situations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday.

As Devyani Khobragade heads back to India, her domestic worker Sangeeta Richard today broke her silence and claimed that she suffered while working for the Indian diplomat and asked other domestic workers not to let anyone "exploit" them.

Sangeeta Richard doesn't fit into the popular idea of an exploited Indian domestic worker.

A non-profit which brought Shanti Gurung's case to light is reviewing "at least five" other cases of Indian employers allegedly exploiting their domestic workers

A couple has been booked for allegedly beating up an 11-year-old girl they employed as a house helper for Rs 5,000, police said on Wednesday.

San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse.

Migrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are beaten, exploited and trapped in forced labour situations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday.

As Devyani Khobragade heads back to India, her domestic worker Sangeeta Richard today broke her silence and claimed that she suffered while working for the Indian diplomat and asked other domestic workers not to let anyone "exploit" them.

Sangeeta Richard doesn't fit into the popular idea of an exploited Indian domestic worker.

A non-profit which brought Shanti Gurung's case to light is reviewing "at least five" other cases of Indian employers allegedly exploiting their domestic workers