KENYA DOMESTIC WORKERS FIND HOPE WITH UNION

KENYA DOMESTIC WORKERS FIND HOPE WITH UNION

Reaction papers will be based on the readings or a film that you have seen either in or outside class.  You may choose which readings to examine, but you must be respond to at least one reading from each section of the class.

the reading are provided in the links. Choose one of the readings and write a reaction paper on it,

Case Study 2:  Domestic Servants:  The Outsiders Inside the Family

Connel 2017: Kenya’s Domestic Workers Find Hope in a Union. https://www.solidaritycenter.org/kenya-domestic-workers-find-hope-union/

Wangombe 2018: Domestic Workers Should Be Treated With Dignity and Respect https://east-africa.hivos.org/opinion/domestic-workers-should-be-treated-with-dignity-and-respect/

Manji 2017: No Win-Wins in Kenya’s Modern Day Voyages in the Search of Work. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2017/05/26/no-win-wins-in-kenyas-modern-day-voyages-in-search-of-work/

Video:The Hidden Lives of Housegirls in Kenya https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-48308502/the-hidden-lives-of-housegirls-in-kenya

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This article about the domestic workers of Kenya finding hope in worker’s union was published by Tula Connel. This is a story of Kenyan workers who struggle to find means of survival such as hawking fruits along busy roads. Others look for abroad jobs for instance, Mwadzi decided to travel to Saudi Arabia and become a domestic worker so as to support her children. However, before she left the country, KUDHEIHA, a union for Kenyan workers enabled her to learn how to educate her fellow domestic workers about their human rights…………………

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