Legal recognition is key to their dignity, safety, and fair pay
Fair wages, protection from exploitation long overdue for this invisible workforce
State must take effective steps to address their plight
The prevailing practice of employing domestic workers, at disproportionately low wages, underscores systemic inequalities.
Around 21 percent of female domestic workers in Dhaka experience physical abuse at the workplace, while 91 percent don’t know about the hotline number 999 to seek help for gender-based violence, said a study conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies.
