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PRESENTED BY
SEWA BHARAT
All India Federation of Self Employed Women’s Association
PREFACE OF THE PROGRAM
Preventing Trafficking in women and girls through
empowerment and organising domestic workers
OBJECTIVES
 Sensitization of domestic workers on their rights and
work in order to have an increased collective strength and
representation in target states in India.
 Enhancing skills of domestic workers and advocacy on
their rights in public policy fora.
 Domestic workers’ organizations, related women's
organisations, local panchayat and labour officers are better
informed and able to take effective action on issues of
trafficking and safe migration.
IMPLEMENTING STATES
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Delhi
Bihar
West Bengal
Kerala
Udisha
Tamilnadu
PROBLEMS FACED BY DOMESTIC WORKERS
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No identity
Physical and mental torture
No decent workplace
No leaves or rest between working hours
Not allow to use washroom
No minimum wages
Gender discrimination
No welfare benefits
No any medical security at the time of emergency
False promises and fraud by agents or placement
agencies
ADVOCACY
 Contribution in reforming National Policy of Domestic
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Workers.
Distributed National Policy to MPs, MLAs and other
Govt. Stakeholders for promotion.
Supported domestic workers voice to ratify 189 ILO
Convention through signature campaign.
Organized “AAM SABHA” at Jantar Mantar to promote
domestic workers rights.
Published pamphlets on domestic workers rights in
several Newspapers for promotion (Times of India,
Hindustan Times and Rastriya Sahara, Punjab Kesari).
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Ensure four leaves in New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar
and Dhallu Pura in Delhi through the rally on the
occasion of Domestic Workers Day on 16th June.
 Facilitation to prepare 330 Ration Cards.
 Facilitation to prepare 300 Voter ID Cards.
 Facilitation to get benefit of RSBY welfare scheme to 213
Domestic workers.
 Facilitation to prepare 95 Aadhaar cards.
 4376 Women Domestic workers are SEWA Members.
 1725 Domestic workers have SEWA ID Cards.
 7 cases have been resolved on the issues of wages and
security.
OUR BELIEVE IN “EMPOWERMENT”
 Helping them to achieve their rights
 Finding solutions to their existing problems of
housing, regular work
 Creating their own support structures
 Improving their professional skills
 Understanding issues of workers in the informal
sector
 Getting to know their rights
 Skills to advocate for their rights with employers and
the government
 Relating to the larger women’s workers movement
 Ability to access the welfare benefits/boards believe
THANK
YOU
For further information
visit our site
www.sewabharat.org