Methodology of the reportĪuthored by HOME's senior research and advocacy manager Jaya Anil Kumar, the report seeks to provide a definition of emotional abuse and gives 13 recommendations to address it. HOME, a non-government organization (NGO), is an outspoken advocate for MDWs in Singapore. These were just some of the harrowing tales that emerged from "Invisible Wounds: Emotional Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore", a new report by the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME). She did not dare to rest as there were 12 CCTVs in the house, including one in the room that she slept in. Yet another employer made the MDW work 16-hour days. The employer also kept her phone and only allowed her to use it once a month. Even when the helper went out, the employer made her look down and told her not to look at other people. In one instance, a worker was forbidden from talking to neighbors. One MDW was constantly told "you are just a maid" and that if she tried to go back to the employment agency, they would send her back to the Philippines. Philippines same like garbage." Another employer threatened to hurt the maid's family when she asked for a transfer, claiming, “I will send police, hurt family”. One migrant domestic worker (MDW) was often told by her employer, "Philippines is very cheap.
A report has found that maids in Singapore suffer from three prominent forms of emotional abuse in the workplace: terrorizing behavior, control, and degradation.
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