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Domestics in Mexico Face Abuse and Scant Protection

By Emilio Godoy
Her last two jobs left a bitter taste in the mouth of Yoloxochitl Solís, a 48-year-old single mother from Mexico. She sums up the experience in two words: abuse and discrimination.

Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Long For Low Pay and Overwork to Be a Thing of the Past

By Zofeen Ebrahim
Sumaira Salamat, a mother of three in her mid-40s, works every day from ten in the morning until half-past two in the afternoon. She travels between three homes, and in each one she dusts, sweeps, washes utensils, and does the laundry. For her efforts, she earns about 3,000 rupees (29 dollars) per month.


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