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Impression et sauvegarde

Livre

Silenced: Talks With Working Class West Indian Women About their Lives and Struggles as Domestic Workers in Canada

Date

1983

Auteurs

Makeda Silvera

Résumé

'' 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

Lieu de publication

Canada

Éditeur

Williams-Wallace Publishers Inc.

Mots-clés

Domestic Workers, India, abuses

Types de contenu

Policy analysis, Cas d’abus documentés et Statistics on work and life conditions

Groupes cibles

Travailleurs (im)migrants, Sensibilisation du public et Employeurs et agences de recrutement

Pertinence géographique

Inde et National relevance

Langues

Anglais