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HK is home to many excellent NGOs and charities fighting on behalf of domestic helpers – you can contact them, or find out more, by clicking here. Below are a list of studies, primers, legal papers and books available on the topic…
- 2007 – ‘The Continuing Systematic Extortion of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong, An In-Depth Study‘, AMC, ILO Indonesia, Oxfam HK.
- 2013 – ‘Exploited for Profit, Failed by Governments: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Trafficked to Hong Kong‘, Amnesty International. Summary here.
- 2013 – ‘Agency Fees LEGCO Submission‘, Helpers for Domestic Helpers
- 2013 – ‘Children Born to Foreign Domestic Helpers LegCo Submission‘, Pathfinders.
- 2014 – ‘Rob Connelly, Barrister-at-law & HK Helpers Campaign Legal Advisor LegCo Submission‘, Rob Connelly.
- 2014 – ‘HK Helpers Campaign LegCo Submission‘, HK Helpers Campaign.
- 2014 – ‘How Many More Years a Slave? Traficking for Forced Labour in Hong Kong‘ – Justice Centre & Liberty Asia..
- 1997 – ”Saints’ and ‘Prostitutes’ Sexual Discourse in the Filipina Domestic Worker Community in Hong Kong‘, Kimberly Chang & Julian Groves, HKUST.
- 2000 – ‘Why Rights Are Not Enjoyed: The Case of Foreign Domestic Helpers‘, Tan, Carol G. S., Hong Kong Law Journal.
- 2003 – ‘Organising Discontent: NGOs for Southeast Asian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong‘, Amy Sim, HKU.
- 2004 – ‘Transnational Labour Networks in Female Labour Migration: Mediating Between Southeast Asian Women Workers and International Labour Markets‘, Vivienne Wee and Amy Sim, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
- 2005 – ‘Hong Kong as a Destination for Migrant Domestic Workers‘, Vivienne Wee and Amy Sim, HKU.
- 2006 – ‘Forced Labour and Debt Bondage in Hong Kong, A Study of Indonesian and Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers‘, Peggy W.Y. Lee & Carole J. Petersen, HKU.
- 2008 – ‘Culture of Indifference – Dilemmas of the Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong‘, Estelle Kennelly PhD, University of St. Andrews
- 2008 – ‘Foreign Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong, Towards Equality of Rights‘, Ronald Mok, Queenland Law Review.
- 2009 – ‘Migrant Workers and the Many States of Protest in Hong Kong‘, Nicole Constable, Critical Asian Studies Journal.
- 2009 – ‘Maids, Wives and Seasonal Migrants: Female Migration in East and Southeast Asia‘, Amy Sim, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal.
- 2013 – ‘Locusts Turned Grasshoppers – Could FDWs & Mainland Immigrants Contribute to Solving HK’s Population Crisis?‘, Su-Mei Thompson and Lisa Moore, The Women’s Foundation.
- 2013 – ‘Public-Private Partnerships In The Administration And Control Of Indonesian Temporary Migrant Labour In Hong Kong‘, Wayne Palmer, The University of Sydney.
- 2014 – ‘How Dewi Became a Litigant Migrant Domestic Workers as Litigants in Hong Kong’, Tan, Carol G. S., City University of Hong Kong.
- 2014 – ‘Indonesian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong Exploited and Forgotten‘, Meredith McBride, Ethics in Action, Asian Human Rights Commission.
- 2015 – ‘A study of Psychology, law and Politics on Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong‘, Rachel Tsao.
- 2013 – ‘Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection‘, ILO.
- 2013 – ‘Contributions of Migrant Domestic Workers to Sustainable Development‘, UN Women.
- 2008 – ‘Take Your Rights Seriously: Legal Rights, Politics and Obligations of Migrants Workers in HK‘, Jim Rice, Justice & Peace Commission of the HK Catholic Diocese.
- 2012 – ‘Understanding Your Rights‘, Helpers for Domestic Helpers.
- 2010 – ‘A Handbook on Domestic Worker Rights Across Asia‘ Philippa Smales, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD).
- 2013 – ‘Live-in Policy Primer‘, Mission for Migrant Workers.
- 2007 – ‘Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers‘ 2nd edition, Nicole Constable, Cornell University Press. 1st edition also available online here.
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