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Our report #12YearsOfModernSlavery is out now and calls on the Government to reinstate rights to protect all migrant domestic workers in the UK 💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿
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Next week marks report stage of the Borders Bill. We're briefing to 2 urgent amendments:

Amendment 43 calls on the right to work for survivors of modern slavery in the NRM &

Amendment 44 calls on changes to the ODW visa

Briefings available to read here: www.kalayaan.org.uk/resources/br...
Briefings | Kalayaan
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.
www.kalayaan.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Last week our community came together to mark #AntiSlaveryDay. We served coffee, croissants & community cheer & heard from workers speaking about their artwork created around freedom hope & courage. Thanks to friends allies the Natasha Project & special guest @hinabokharid.bsky.social for joining us
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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For #AntiSlaveryDay delighted to feature in Hibiscus new podcast series Reclaiming Resistance, centring the voices & experiences of black & minoritised migrant women. Thank you for inviting us to take part!

Listen on Spotify, Soundcloud & YouTube Music: hibiscusinitiatives.org.uk/news/reclaim...
Reclaiming resistance podcast series - Hibiscus Initiatives
In recognition of Anti-Slavery Day on the 18th October we have released a new six-part podcast series - Reclaiming Resistance This series centres the voices and experiences of Black and minoritised mi...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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OUT NOW!

Our new blog for @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social to mark #AntiSlaveryDay and our calls for long overdue changes to fix the broken #OverseasDomesticWorker visa.

Read more: ilpa.org.uk/delays-expec...
Delays Expected: The Ongoing Battle to Fix the Broken Overseas Domestic Worker Visa - ILPA
BY AVRIL SHARP Everyone should feel safe in their workplaces. That must be a universal right for all, no matter who you are, or where you come from. But one […]
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October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Very proud of Joy* a long-standing member of Kalayaan's campaign group, winning the Human Trafficking Foundation Award for Best Opinion Piece on Modern Slavery in parliament earlier this week.

Read Joy's story here:

metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...

#AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Do you speak Tagalog, Bahasa, Visaya, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali or another South Asian or South-East Asian language? Apply to be a Volunteer Interpreter for Kalayaan’s clients! www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Love teaching English? Volunteer as an English teacher (www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...) or English teaching assistant (www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...)
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Are you friendly and welcoming? Do you like to keep things organised? Apply for our Volunteer Administrative Assistant role to support Kalayaan’s staff members: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Do you want to help Kalayaan campaign for the rights of domestic workers? Apply for our Volunteer Policy Assistant role and make your mark on our Policy & Campaigns work: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Are you passionate about community and creativity?
Kalayaan is recruiting Volunteer Community Engagement Assistants to support our work with migrant domestic workers: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Passionate about human rights? Want to work with lawyers on immigration and human trafficking & modern slavery advice?
We’re recruiting Volunteer Casework Assistants, and we want to hear from you! www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...
For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Do you want to help transform the lives of migrant domestic workers? Kalayaan is recruiting for 6 types of volunteer roles this autumn. If you are passionate about justice and human rights, we want to hear from you: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...
Volunteer for Kalayaan | Kalayaan
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.
www.kalayaan.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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joepowell.bsky.social
Last week I met with some incredibly brave migrant domestic workers supported by @kalayaan.org.uk about the need for rights to challenge abuse and prevent exploitation - sadly happening in homes where you would not expect it, including in Kensington & Bayswater. 🧡
July 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Thank you to @joepowell.bsky.social‬ for stopping by and talking to migrant domestic workers today about the need for rights to challenge abuse and prevent exploitation. We look forward to working with your office! 👏
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Today our Campaigning Group wrote to @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social about reforming the Overseas Domestic Worker visa to prevent trafficking & modern slavery. We look forward to their replies!
July 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Our thanks to Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally & UN colleagues for inviting us to attend today & speak to some of the issues the UK is battling with. It remains a difficult time for those working in the migration field, supporting those who have experienced workplace abuse. Our work continues.. 🇺🇳
June 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Pleased to be able to speak today at the United Nations HRC59 to the very real issues facing migrant domestic workers in the UK. We’re here to speak following our joint civil society submission with partners The Voice of Domestic Workers, @antislavery.org & @focusonlabour.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Today’s a big day for us! We'll shortly be speaking at the United Nations in Geneva for the Human Rights Council 59th Session, discussing migrant domestic workers & trafficking in persons, following Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally’s report out earlier this year: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/56
June 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Powerful footage from @itvnews.bsky.social shows exploitation suffered by migrant domestic workers inLondon due to the terms of their visa. Thanks to Ronke Phillips for highlighting scale of injustice & Helena Kennedy for explaining how amendments to Govts Borders Bill would create much neededchange
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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hinabokharild.bsky.social
It was fantastic to meet you today @zoejardiniere.bsky.social at this event. So important to support @kalayaan.org.uk and their work to protect migrant workers.
June 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Happy International Domestic Workers Day
to @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19w...
Did Labour FORGET about domestic workers?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
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June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Great to be at House of Lords today for #DomesticWorkersDay. Migrants who enter legally for work often face illegal exploitative employment with no path to identity recognition. Lord German's amendment on right to work is crucial - we need government to show humanity and care.
Lord German with group of event attendees posing in front of a Kalayaan banner in ornate room in House of Lords. Hina Bokhari and Zoe Gardner smiling in front of Kalayaan banner
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Lord Mike German opens our event this afternoon discussing the upcoming Borders Bill and the crucial opportunities for legislative reform to prevent worker exploitation. We need compassion and humanity for this workforce and all migrants in the UK.
#DomesticWorkIsWork
#RestoreRights
#RatifyC189
June 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This International Domestic Workers Day, we're standing in solidarity with domestic workers fighting for their rights.

In our joint piece with ATLEU, we call on the government to allow victims of exploitation to leave their employers safely.

labourexploitation.org/news/interna...
International Domestic Workers Day 2025: Work needs to pay for domestic workers – FLEX
Domestic work is widely recognised as a sector with a ‘high risk’ of exploitation. The fact that these workers are behind ‘closed doors’ places them particularly at…
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June 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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A must read from Marissa Begonia, leader and advocate at The Voice of Domestic Workers. This #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay we don't want to hear empty words or praise. We want change. We want Labour to stick to its promise to fix the visa and guarantee safety for all migrant domestic workers.
bigissue.com Big Issue @bigissue.com · Jun 16
Domestic workers in the UK face exploitation under restrictive visa rules. Marissa Begonia calls for urgent reform to protect their rights.
If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
www.bigissue.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM