Domestic Workers' Development
Objectives
To form union of domestic workers and work for their rights and promote their life status.
Problems
Lack of awareness on rights and law, poverty and violence against domestic workers.
Activities
- • Gather all the domestic workers in Bangalore
- • Form and register a union
• Give them awareness on worker’s rights
• Awareness on law and legal supports
• Collaborate with officials for their developments
• Prevent violence against domestic workers
• Protect their rights and wellness
Domestic workers smart card (Labour Card) distribution
Government Smart cards for domestic workers were distributed. These cards enable the workers to access and receive several benefits like medical, education of children and give them the right to stand against all the exploitation that they would have to face from the working environment.
Domestic Workers Union
BIRDS started the Domestic Workers Union in the year 2017 with 125 members which had gone through a range of activities including financial management. Presently the Union covers about 20 different areas across Bangalore city having about 258 women as its members.
Union meetings were conducted in each area by the animators who provided a complete structure of Union, its activities, the benefits as a union member and information of the domestic workers union smart card. The union elects its President, Vice president, and secretary for transparency and better management.
BIRDS along with Domestic Workers Union attended the program on National Platform for Domestic Workers, Karnataka, held at the Indian Social Institute (ISI), Bangalore.
Around 300 members of several unions in Bangalore had attended the meeting. The core motive of organizing this program was to provide a common platform for the domestic workers to clarify their doubts and make them aware of the various schemes and provisionsoffered by the State as well as the Central Government for their wellbeing.
