Ireland

In this programme Malika Iskander and Nalini Dennis gather information on the supports available for women experiencing domestic violence, with a focus on the special needs of migrant women. Featuring interviews with Aoibhneas, Women’s Aid and Hannah, a migrant woman whose reflects on her experience of using both services.

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• Undocumented Migrants
• Women Migrant Workers

• Ireland

The Phillipina domestic worker is described as the BMW of childcare/domestic workers: they speak English, they are Catholic, hard-working, caring, intelligent and compliant.

But what is their true experience?

Why do women come half way across the world to work in the most menial jobs in Ireland? Are they really so compliant or do they bite their collective lips because they find themselves trapped in a power relationship in Irish homes?

'Maria' has worked as a domestic worker in Ireland for 11 years.

• Women Migrant Workers

• Ireland

Pat Kenny from Radio 1 interviews Anele Jakiel, a migrant worker from Malawi and Siobhan O'Donoghue from the Migrants Rights Centre Ireland on the Domestic Working Action Group and their demands for improving the protection of migrant domestic workers in Ireland.
 

• Women Migrant Workers

• Ireland

Interview with Nusha Yonkova of the Immigrant Council of Ireland at the Conference "Migrant Women in Ireland: Networking and Linking Up," which took place at the European Parliament on 3 December 2009. She spoke on the main issues which migrant women face in Ireland, including trafficking qnd domestic violence.

• Women Migrant Workers

• Ireland