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India: A domestic worker was allegedly beaten up by her employer, leading to protests by her villagers

India: A domestic worker was allegedly beaten up by her employer, leading to protests by her villagers

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by IDWFED published Jul 12, 2017 12:00 AM
Contributors: Gulam Jeelani/Hindustan Times
Residents of an apartment complex in Noida woke up to a riot-like situation on Wednesday morning, when a mob stormed its gates and vandalised the premises alleging that one of its residents had assaulted a domestic worker.

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Zora Bibi, 26, who was allegedly beaten up by her employer, leading to protests by her villagers on Wednesday (July 12), was one of the 500 domestic helps working in the society. She earned a meagre Rs 6,000 for doing household chores for her employer twice a day.


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Whether she was beaten up by the employer or if she stole money from him is a subject of police investigation. What remains a larger concern is the absence of a legislature to regulate the rights of domestic helps, a largely unorganised sector in most cities. In the absence of a policy or guidelines, victims of harassment at the hand of employers have nowhere to go.

Zora’s is not a lone case. There have been numerous instances of domestic help abuse before as well. In response to a question in the Rajya Sabha in August 2014, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development listed as many as 3,500 cases of violence against domestic workers across the country between 2010 and 2012.

The Mumbai-based National Domestic Workers’ Movement, an organisation working for domestic workers, has been highlighting “the stigmatisation of domestic workers and their work”, “total absence of rights and legal protection” and “absence of training, support and bargaining power”.

Raja says the government has been considering a national policy for domestic workers, one which will include rights of domestic workers in some form of legislation.

“The draft, if finalised, suggests that domestic workers will have the right to register as workers with the state’s labour department. This will help in them getting their rights and form associations and trade unions,” she said.

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