Kohima, June 16 (MExN): The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) expressed concern on the “use of children as domestic servants” which continues to be common in parts of the world including “Nagaland state and they are very vulnerable to exploitation and physical violence.”
Marking the International Day of Domestic Workers, NVCO President Kezhokhoto Savi said that domestic workers have been among the most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Their contribution to households has been immense, even while the pandemic has threatened their livelihood. They comprised a significant part of the global workforce in informal employment and are among the most vulnerable groups of workers, he observed.
In a press release issued by the NVCO Press and Media Cell, Savi said, “An estimated 67.1 million people are employed in domestic work around the world, most of them women. They cook, clean, and care for children and the elderly. But working behind closed doors in private homes and they remains as one of the most undervalued and least regulated forms of employment and regularly experience exploitation and abuse.”
Savi also highlighted on the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on decent work for Domestic Workers signed in 2011. “Even on this day while celebrating the 10th anniversary, domestic workers are still fighting for equality and decent working conditions and demanded to be recognized as domestic worker and not as ‘maid’ or ‘helper’ or ‘servant’.
