1. All India Federation of Self Employed Women’s Association PRESENTED BY SEWA BHARAT

2. PREFACE OF THE PROGRAM Preventing Trafficking in women and girls through empowerment and organising domestic workers

3. 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.

4. IMPLEMENTING STATES  Delhi  Bihar  West Bengal  Kerala  Udisha  Tamilnadu

5. PROBLEMS FACED BY DOMESTIC WORKERS  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

6. ADVOCACY  Contribution in reforming National Policy of Domestic 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).

7. 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 16 th 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.

8. 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

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