In 1987, we were founded by migrant domestic workers for migrant domestic workers. Our team at Kalayaan and our Campaigning Group are following in the footsteps of the campaigners of the 1980s-90s to demand justice for migrant domestic workers.   www.kalayaan.org.uk/about-us/our...

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and this year's theme is Action 🪧 Responding to our collective #MentalHealth means identifying and tackling root causes that exacerbate or fuel mental health conditions. @mind.org.uk @nsunnews.bsky.social

Support Team Kalayaan and help us give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation + domestic servitude. 🚶On 9th June, we'll be taking part in a 10k walk at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

🚶On 9th June, our team will be taking part in a 10k at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services. We deeply appreciate any generous support you are able to give to sponsor our team at this time: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

GRETA have published their report assessing how the UK is implementing the European Convention on Action Against #Trafficking in Human Beings 🚨 This evaluation comes at a critical moment, as the UK is de-prioritising efforts to tackle human trafficking: rm.coe.int/greta-evalua...

In a new report published today by the Government’s independent anti-slavery commissioner, #ModernSlavery in the UK has reached record levels and is likely to worsen over the next decade. 📋Read the report: report-anticipating-exploitation_a-futures-analysis_final.pdf

Our Campaigning Group are working hard to bring about change for their community. By sharing their stories, they told us they hope it brings about change. 🪧 Their "We, Domestic Workers" zine sets out their goals for migrant domestic workers. Read more: www.kalayaan.org.uk/uncategorize... #MayDay

📣 Say it loud and say it clear: Domestic Work is Work! To mark International Workers' Day 2026, we stand alongside migrant domestic workers to call on the UK Government to recognise that domestic work is work and ratify ILO Convention 189. #IWW2026 #InternationalWorkersDay #DomesticWorkIsWork

It's time for rights for migrant domestic workers! 🪧 On Monday 20th April, we joined our friends at Voice of Domestic Workers outside Parliament to call for overhaul of the current Overseas Domestic Worker visa and implement one that reinstates migrant domestic workers' rights! #DomesticWorkers

📣To mark the 14-year anniversary since the Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their essential rights, we stood proudly outside Parliament to demand rights, protection and justice. 🪧 Join our call for the Government to overhaul the current visa and implement one that reinstates rights!

💬"What needs to change is clear. Domestic workers need longer-term, renewable visas, the right to change employers freely, and the ability to switch visa routes." Read Sarah's story to learn why we're calling for changes to the Domestic Worker Visa: www.kalayaan.org.uk/news/sarahs-...

For 14 years, the UK’s restrictive Overseas Domestic Worker (ODW) visa regime has trapped migrants in a system that enables modern slavery behind closed doors. We’re standing alongside migrant domestic workers to demand a visa that protects them 👇️

📣It's time for a Domestic Worker Visa that protects workers! On the anniversary of the changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa, we're calling on the Government to overhaul the current visa and implement one that reinstates migrant domestic workers' rights. 👉Read our research: buff.ly/fPKM4ER

🗞️Today, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has written an essential piece in the @bigissue.com marking 14 years since the UK Government made changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker visa, which stripped workers of their rights. Read the article here 👉 www.bigissue.com/opinion/over...

We support Domestic Worker Rights ✊ Do you? On Monday 6th April, it's the 14-year anniversary of the changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa. That's 14 years since the UK Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their labour rights. Read our research: buff.ly/fPKM4ER

The Fair Work Agency launches in April & has the potential to reshape labour market enforcement. We support calls for: ✅ Proper resourcing ✅ A firewall from Immigration Enforcement so migrant workers can report abuse safely and ✅ Transparent enforcement data www.trustforlondon.org.uk/fwa-briefing

On Sunday our CEO featured on BBC Radio London with Jumoké Fashola to discuss how migrant domestic workers become trapped in cycles of abuse & our hopes with upcoming legislation to tackle modern slavery & empower this workforce to break free. Tune in below 2hr 20m in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great to see this coverage of the multiple harms caused by the restrictive overseas domestic worker visa and the progress being made in the longstanding campaign by @kalayaan.org.uk and others for a restoration of rights- including the support of the London Assembly from December 2025

Out now. New article by SW Londoner sets out clearly the multiple warnings missed during the past 14 years to fix the broken domestic worker visa. We urge the Government to heed these warnings when they come to review the visa route later this year. www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/0703202...

Such a privilege to be part of this event and spend the day with some of the most incredible women. We have to step up our efforts to make sure all migrant domestic workers are empowered and safe!

Today we marked International Women’s Day with our event Surviving to Thriving, standing in solidarity with migrant domestic workers & speaking out against violence against women. We reflected on our shared lived experiences, and our resilience as a community & vowed to keep fighting for all women

Ahead of International Women’s Day, pleased to support Disay* to share her story with @thelondonstandard.bsky.social about her experiences & the changes we need in order to ensure all migrant domestic workers, a mostly female workforce, are protected & safe at work www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Congrats to The Voice of Domestic Workers on their event last night. We heard excellent & urgent conversations from workers, Simon Israel @hinabokharild.bsky.social Alison Spencer-Scragg of @unitetheunion.bsky.social & a solidarity message from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Time to fix ODW visa now 💪

📢High Court Orders UAE to Pay over £260,000 in Groundbreaking Modern Slavery Case Our client, a Filipino domestic worker, who was subjected to modern slavery by a diplomat in London, has secured a landmark judgment against the United Arab Emirates. For more, see: dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-o...

A huge thank you to @hinabokharild.bsky.social for tabling & helping pass the London Assembly motion calling for more rights for migrant domestic workers to help them avoid exploitation! Thanks also to the other members for voting in support! Read the motion here: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Tomorrow, this is exactly the change I'll be calling on the London Assembly to back - read more below!

🚨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...