The drought between three-day weekends is over. Year in and year out, the three-and-a-half months between Presidents’ Day and ...

Domestic workers are forced to work a minimum of 16 hours a day without adequate food or accommodation. The workers have also been barred from taking days off for up to two years at a time and have ...

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — More than 70 Kenyan women have documented their harrowing experiences working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, a new report by Amnesty International released on Tuesday ...

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of the year indicated that South Africa now employs just 815,000 domestic workers. Between December 2024 and March 2025, the sector ...

In its report titled “Locked in, Left Out: The Hidden Lives of Kenyan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia”, the human rights organisation documents the harrowing experiences of more than 70 women.

Image: Shutterstock Saudi Arabia announced a six-month grace period for correcting the status of domestic workers, who are reported absent from work (huroob), effective from Sunday, May 11. The grace ...

Abstract: This paper critically examines the structural invisibility and devaluation of domestic workers in urban India, focusing on how capitalist and patriarchal systems render essential… ...

Many domestic workers live in poor conditions, face discrimination and have little access to basic facilities. But it's all hidden behind high gates and electric fences. These are the findings of ...