“More than a Roof and Four Walls”by Theresa Symons

Congregation of

Our Lady of Charityof

the Good Shepherd

….We identified the most pressing needs of today as poverty, human trafficking, forced migration, refugees, gender inequality, violence toward women and children, and religious intolerance….

Globally present in 73 countries with one focus…

Direction Statement 2015 - 2021

Taiwan

South Korea

Japan

Australia

New Zealand

Indonesia

Malaysia

PhilippinesThailand

MyanmarVietnamCambodia

PakistanNepal

India

Sri LankaSingapore

Hong KongMacau

Good Shepherd in Asia Pacific

(Good Shepherd Welfare Centre) Malaysia

website: goodshepherd.my

2011 2012 2013 (e) 2014 (f)

Population (million) 29.0 29.3 29.7 30.1

Malaysians (26.7) (27.0) (27.3)

Non-Msians (2.3) (2.3) (2.4)

Labour force (million) 12.6 12.9 13.2 13.6

Employment (million) 12.3 12.5 12.8 13.1

Unemployment rate (%) 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1

Source: Economic Planning Unit

Malaysia

Source: Economic Planning Unit

Conventions SignatoryUDHR ✓CEDAW ✓CRC ✓Palermo Protocol ✓Convention Relating to the Rights of Refugees

✗

Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of their families

✗

Domestic Workers Convention (ILO 189) ✗

Source: The STAR 24Jan15

Indonesian Domestic Workers – Cost of recruitment

Source: The STAR 24Jan15

Indonesian Domestic Workers – Salary Comparison

• Good Shepherd Women Shelter

• Government Shelters for Trafficked Women

Experiences of

Domestic Workers

in an Irregular Situation

Experiences of

Domestic Workers

in an Irregular Situation

Vulnerability to

Human Trafficking

Act – Means - Purpose

Withholding of passports

Sexual exploitation

No contact with family / relatives

Multiple places of work

Unpaid wages

Restricted movement

Poor living conditions, no private space

Poverty

DW not recognized as work; servant

Poor victim identification

No options for help

Low literacy

rate

Unskilled

No legal recourse

Debt bondage

Poor Implementation

of laws

Families @ home

to support

No day off, work 24/7

Not aware of rights

High recruitment

fees

Irregular means of

employment

Undocumented

Poor Mental health

I M P A C

TC A U

S E S

Lack of health care

Physical , verbal, emotional abuse

Stress, Afraid, nervous

Sick

Low / Non

Priority

Withholding of passports

Sexual exploitation

No contact with family / relatives

Multiple places of work

Unpaid wages

Restricted movement

Poor living conditions, no private space

Poverty

DW not recognized as work; servant

Poor victim identification

No options for help

Low literacy

rate

Unskilled

No legal recourse

Debt bondage

Poor Implementation

of laws

Families @ home

to support

No day off, work 24/7

Not aware of rights

High recruitment

fees

Irregular means of

employment

Undocumented

Poor Mental health

I M P A C

TC A U

S E S

Lack of health care

Physical , verbal, emotional abuse

Stress, Afraid, nervous

Sick

Low / Non

Priority

• Counseling (individual and group)• Program activities

• Faith sharing (for non-Muslims)

Need to address the causes!

April to July 2014

I M P A C

TC A U

S E S

Call To

Action

Universal Declaration of Human

Rights

Universal Declaration of Human

Rights

Convention on the

Rights of the Child

Convention on the

Rights of the Child

Intl Convention on the

Protection of the Rights of All

Migrant Workers and Members of

their Families

Intl Convention on the

Protection of the Rights of All

Migrant Workers and Members of

their Families

Palermo Protocol

(Trafficking in Persons)

Palermo Protocol

(Trafficking in Persons)

Convention on the Elimination

of Discrimination

Against Women

Convention on the Elimination

of Discrimination

Against Women

Domestic Workers

ConventionILO 189

Domestic Workers

ConventionILO 189

Convention Relating to

the Rights of Refugees

Convention Relating to

the Rights of Refugees

END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE

1.1 Eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured by people living on less than $1.25 a day

1.4 Ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

4.2 Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective outcomes

4.5 Eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training…..

4.6 Ensure all youths and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS

5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL

8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour…..

8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants and those in precarious employment

REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES

10.7 Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people including through the implementation of planned and well managed migration policies

PEACE JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children

16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

How do we develop action plans guided by human rights documents and the Sustainable Development Goals to create sound policy frameworks at national, regional and international levels for the protection and promotion of human rights if migrant domestic workers in an irregular situation?

“…..above and beyond our plans and programmes, we are dealing with real men and women who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights.

To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny.”