“Ending the Exploitation and Abuse of Domestic Workers”

“Ending the Exploitation and Abuse of Domestic Workers,” as part of the UN Commission on the Status of Women’s 54th Session on March 11, 2010 from 6 to 7:30 pm at UN Church Center at 777 UN Plaza, 10th Floor (corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave.) in New York.  Click Revaluing “Women’s Work” for additional information.  Speakers include:

• NAHAR ALAM, Andolan: Organizing South Asian Workers
• RAZIAH BEGUM, Domestic Worker and Member of Andolan
• PRISCILLA GONZALEZ, Domestic Workers United
• ALLISON JULIEN, Domestic Worker and Member of DWU Steering Committee
• LINDA OALICAN, Domestic Worker, Community Organizer for DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association and Representative for the National Domestic Workers Alliance
• IVY SURIYOPAS, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Moderated by ARACELI MARTINEZ-OLGUIN, Staff Attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project
• The filmmakers, PRACHETA SHARMA and JESSICA HOPPER,
  will introduce the film and be available for questions