Silenced: Talks With Working Class West Indian Women About their Lives and Struggles as Domestic Workers in Canada
- Date
1983
- Authors
Makeda Silvera
- Abstract
'' I wish I could have my family here with me - loneliness - it makes you feel so helpless, so vulnerable, so ashamed. It's almost like a crime.''
''We're doing the dirty work. They are paying the money. But they think probably we are nobody. They must treat us equal, like we are human beings too, not like some animals.''
''My only relief is when I get a chance to go to church on Sundays, where I can cry out loud to the Lord and tell him my troubles.''
These women- the most voiceless of the ''silenced-majority'', contribute to the breaking down of silence.
- Number of pages
132
- Place published
Canada
- Publisher
Williams-Wallace Publishers Inc.
- Keywords
Domestic Workers, India, abuses
- Content types
Policy analysis, Documented cases of abuse, and Statistics on work and life conditions
- Target groups
(Im)migrants workers, Public awareness, and Employers, agencies and their representatives
- Geographical focuses
India and National relevance
- Languages
English