Promoting and Protecting The Rights of Women Domestic Workers

There are 4 to 10 million domestic workers in India. They are the invisible workforce of Indian households. As compared to other informal sector workers, domestic workers experience more difficult work conditions and are more vulnerable to verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment.

For the past 18 months, supported by the Embassy of The Netherlands in India, PRIA in collaboration with Martha Farrell Foundation has reached out to 1260 women domestic workers in Gurugram, Faridabad and South Delhi, raising awareness, organising them into workers’ collectives andbuilding a network of civil society organisations, labour unions and resident welfare associations to support them in registering cases of sexual harassment with Local Complaints Committees.