Too many Filipina domestic helpers have come home, some crippled, a few raped, others flown in in boxes, and a great number in a daze or have lost their minds. Why so? It is because they have been cooped up in the homes of their strange employers, mostly from the Middle East whose views of women probably border more on objectifying them. Hence, Senate Bill No. -2493 was filed by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada on July 29, 2008, defining the need for them to have separate homes from their employers and to render what is universally approved as 8 labor hours daily with excess to be given payment as well. The bill was proposed by the Diwata Society of Women in Philosophy and Education, whose members include Drs. Celeste Ordas-Botor, Aniceta Manuel-Ortinero, Mercedes Adorio, Perlie Polestico and Wilhelmina.
PLEASE WRITE TO ALL THE SENATORS AND CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO URGENTLY EXPEDITE THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL,AND SO UPHOLD THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OUR DOMESTIC HELPERS GRAVELY DESPERATE AT HELPING THEIR FAMILIES EKE OUT A LIVING, IF NOT OF SURVIVING IN THIS WORLD.
Senate Bill No. -2493: Living Quarters for Migrant Domestic Workers
An Act Defining the Working Hours and Providing for the Establishment
of Living Quarters for Migrant Domestic Workers in All Major Cities
and Localities of Their Countries of Destination.
Painting Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Peter Paul Rubens
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