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India: Speaking out against harassment of domestic workers
Journalists, comedians and actors figured prominently in India s #MeToo movement in 2018, coming out with stories of harassment at the hands of men in power. While offices and workplaces are gradually improving protections offered to workers, many women in the informal sector remain invisible. DW follows a domestic worker who is pushing back against harassment.
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#MeToo: India’s domestic workers are sending Smriti Irani postcards demanding safe workplaces
Sexual harassment laws to protect women in the informal sector are poorly implemented. Anirudh Ashar, Kimberly Pereira
“As a woman domestic worker, I want a safe workplace.”
Nearly 3,000 domestic workers in India mailed postcards with this request over the last few weeks to Smriti Irani, India’s minister in charge of women and child development.
With this act, the women reaffirmed their place in the global #MeToo movement, speaking out against violence and harassment at work. Most Indian women are employed in the informal sector. They had long remained largely invisible when the #MeToo hashtag, coined by United States activist Tarana Burke, exploded on social media in 2017.