🚨NEWS🚨 Next week marks report stage of the Borders Bill. We're briefing to 2 urgent amendments: Amendment 43 calls on the right to work for survivors of modern slavery in the NRM & Amendment 44 calls on changes to the ODW visa Briefings available to read here: www.kalayaan.org.uk/resources/br...

Last week our community came together to mark #AntiSlaveryDay. We served coffee, croissants & community cheer & heard from workers speaking about their artwork created around freedom hope & courage. Thanks to friends allies the Natasha Project & special guest @hinabokharid.bsky.social for joining us

For #AntiSlaveryDay delighted to feature in Hibiscus new podcast series Reclaiming Resistance, centring the voices & experiences of black & minoritised migrant women. Thank you for inviting us to take part! Listen on Spotify, Soundcloud & YouTube Music: hibiscusinitiatives.org.uk/news/reclaim...

OUT NOW! Our new blog for @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social to mark #AntiSlaveryDay and our calls for long overdue changes to fix the broken #OverseasDomesticWorker visa. Read more: ilpa.org.uk/delays-expec...

Very proud of Joy* a long-standing member of Kalayaan's campaign group, winning the Human Trafficking Foundation Award for Best Opinion Piece on Modern Slavery in parliament earlier this week. Read Joy's story here: metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t... #AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership

Do you speak Tagalog, Bahasa, Visaya, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali or another South Asian or South-East Asian language? Apply to be a Volunteer Interpreter for Kalayaan’s clients! www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Love teaching English? Volunteer as an English teacher (www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...) or English teaching assistant (www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...) For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Are you friendly and welcoming? Do you like to keep things organised? Apply for our Volunteer Administrative Assistant role to support Kalayaan’s staff members: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Do you want to help Kalayaan campaign for the rights of domestic workers? Apply for our Volunteer Policy Assistant role and make your mark on our Policy & Campaigns work: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Are you passionate about community and creativity? Kalayaan is recruiting Volunteer Community Engagement Assistants to support our work with migrant domestic workers: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Passionate about human rights? Want to work with lawyers on immigration and human trafficking & modern slavery advice? We’re recruiting Volunteer Casework Assistants, and we want to hear from you! www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... For our other volunteer roles: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Do you want to help transform the lives of migrant domestic workers? Kalayaan is recruiting for 6 types of volunteer roles this autumn. If you are passionate about justice and human rights, we want to hear from you: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Last week I met with some incredibly brave migrant domestic workers supported by @kalayaan.org.uk about the need for rights to challenge abuse and prevent exploitation - sadly happening in homes where you would not expect it, including in Kensington & Bayswater. 🧡

Thank you to @joepowell.bsky.social‬ for stopping by and talking to migrant domestic workers today about the need for rights to challenge abuse and prevent exploitation. We look forward to working with your office! 👏

Today our Campaigning Group wrote to @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social about reforming the Overseas Domestic Worker visa to prevent trafficking & modern slavery. We look forward to their replies!

Our thanks to Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally & UN colleagues for inviting us to attend today & speak to some of the issues the UK is battling with. It remains a difficult time for those working in the migration field, supporting those who have experienced workplace abuse. Our work continues.. 🇺🇳

Pleased to be able to speak today at the United Nations HRC59 to the very real issues facing migrant domestic workers in the UK. We’re here to speak following our joint civil society submission with partners The Voice of Domestic Workers, @antislavery.org & @focusonlabour.bsky.social

Today’s a big day for us! We'll shortly be speaking at the United Nations in Geneva for the Human Rights Council 59th Session, discussing migrant domestic workers & trafficking in persons, following Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally’s report out earlier this year: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/56

Powerful footage from @itvnews.bsky.social shows exploitation suffered by migrant domestic workers inLondon due to the terms of their visa. Thanks to Ronke Phillips for highlighting scale of injustice & Helena Kennedy for explaining how amendments to Govts Borders Bill would create much neededchange

It was fantastic to meet you today @zoejardiniere.bsky.social at this event. So important to support @kalayaan.org.uk and their work to protect migrant workers.

Happy International Domestic Workers Day to @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19w...

Great to be at House of Lords today for #DomesticWorkersDay. Migrants who enter legally for work often face illegal exploitative employment with no path to identity recognition. Lord German's amendment on right to work is crucial - we need government to show humanity and care.

Lord Mike German opens our event this afternoon discussing the upcoming Borders Bill and the crucial opportunities for legislative reform to prevent worker exploitation. We need compassion and humanity for this workforce and all migrants in the UK. #DomesticWorkIsWork #RestoreRights #RatifyC189

This International Domestic Workers Day, we're standing in solidarity with domestic workers fighting for their rights. In our joint piece with ATLEU, we call on the government to allow victims of exploitation to leave their employers safely. labourexploitation.org/news/interna...

A must read from Marissa Begonia, leader and advocate at The Voice of Domestic Workers. This #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay we don't want to hear empty words or praise. We want change. We want Labour to stick to its promise to fix the visa and guarantee safety for all migrant domestic workers.

Domestic workers in the UK face exploitation under restrictive visa rules. Marissa Begonia calls for urgent reform to protect their rights.

Everyone should be safe in their workplaces, that must be a universal right for everyone On #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay we’re back @ Westminster with MDW campaigners to speak to politicians to demand action to prevent worker exploitation #RestoreRights #DomesticWorkIsWork #RatifyConvention189

We've had a wonderful afternoon celebrating #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay with our community and allies @focusonlabour.bsky.social @effat.org @zrinka.bsky.social & others. Stay tuned for more from us this week as we continue our work to restore rights to this workforce 💪

The only message for International Domestic Workers Day. UK restore the original domestic worker visa, ratify ILO C189. Domestic workers are workers and need access to rights! @kalayaan.org.uk #theVoiceofDomesticWorkers

Today is #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay. We're headed to Westminster to celebrate with one another, share food, hear speeches and come together again to unite and call on the UK Government to fix the broken domestic workers visa and ratify ILO Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers 💪

Mimi Jalmasco speaking at the joint #SurvivorFutures webinar w/ VODW, @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @kalayaan.org.uk @kingsartshums.bsky.social: "The best way to prevent re-trafficking of migrant domestic workers is reinstating our visa rights. The right to change employers and have real protection"

We've coordinated an open letter to the Home Secretary, signed by over 100 refugee, migrant, and racial equality orgs urgently calling for a meeting. We're urging the govt. to meaningfully engage with migrant communities & orgs like ours that represent them. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

NEW: 20 Peers call on Minister Jess Philips to protect survivors of slavery from destitution & re-exploitation by allowing them the right to work, contribute to our economy, while plans to clear backlogs in the National Referral Mechanism take effect. Letter here: www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaign-pos...

Thank you to our partners @kalayaan.org.uk and @hopeforjustice.bsky.social for working on the joint submission. Read the full UN recommendations here: digitallibrary.un.org/record/40787...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has joined our criticisms of restrictive visa schemes, calling on the government to take concrete steps to protect workers and tackle exploitation. From basic morality to international obligation, the case for change is clear.

Great to see this published in Metro: a first hand account from a migrant domestic worker exemplifying the damaging effects of the visa changes introduced 13 years ago

To mark the 13 year anniversary of changes to the ODW visa trapping workers in abusive employment, migrant domestic worker 'Joy' shares her story of battling the UK's immigration systems and her work campaigning for change: metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t...

A full house today at Kalayaan, joined by workers and friends as we mark 13 long years of the harmful ODW visa. We spoke of our plans for the future and how we will work together to march forward, demand our rights back and ensure our voices are heard 💪

Last week, in a room filled with powerful voices, migrant domestic workers gathered for Kalayaan's first Campaigning Group meeting of the year, turning #InternationalWomensDay into a declaration of resilience. Check out our video below for what we got up to!

Ahead of International Women's Day, privileged to hear from a group of spokeswomen speaking about the resilience & courage they found in themselves & in their community after winding up trapped working for abusive employers. Thanks to The Voice of Domestic Workers & @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social 👏

NEWS: 11 Peers write to @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social requesting she grant the right to work for all survivors in the NRM www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaign-pos... We thank the signatories for their support & look forward to working with the HO to implement this change that would benefit all survivors

As successive legislation races to the bottom, exploitation gains an ever stronger footing. Read what FLEX CEO Lucila Granada says about the new Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill here: www.bigissue.com/opinion/gove...

It was a pleasure meeting with Marissa, a courageous and inspiring activist. Her story of escaping domestic slavery isn't an isolated one but with the Voice Of Domestic Workers in Unite, these women have hope. Standing up for workers is what @unitetheunion.bsky.social is all about.

Thousands of victims of modern slavery are being denied support because of Britain's crackdown on illegal migration, a decade after the approval of legislation that put the country at the forefront of the global fight against human trafficking reut.rs/4hqvlr5

Hello Bluesky 👋 happy to be here! Our first post & we wanted to share news with the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer Hannah Billington who begins with us in March. We can't wait for her to join us & lead Kalayaan into our next exciting phase championing rights for migrants workers 💪