Our community campaigning group of migrant domestic workers are leading the way and pushing for change ✊ Change happens because communities organise, because people speak out, and because survivors and those with lived experience refuse to be silent ✊

Don't forget to sign our pledge and recognise that Domestic Work is Work! 🪧 In the UK, domestic workers are not granted the same rights and protections as other types of work. We want that to change. ✊️ Sign the pledge and support migrant domestic workers: tinyurl.com/2zhwpj49

⚖️We're incredibly grateful to @stellacreasy.bsky.social for drawing attention to the exploitation faced by migrant domestic workers during the second reading of the Immigration and Asylum Bill in Parliament last night.

We're hiring an Operations and Administrations Manager (permanent) to join our small but impactful team. This role is essential to Kalayaan’s team and to our ability to transform the lives of our clients. Find out more and apply 🕛️ Deadline midnight 2 August 2026: www.kalayaan.org.uk/get-involved...

Sign our pledge 🪧 Recognise that Domestic Work is Work and send a message to the Government! In the UK, domestic workers are not granted the same rights and protections as other types of work. We want that to change. ✊️ Sign the pledge and support migrant domestic workers: tinyurl.com/2zhwpj49

The Immigration and Asylum Bill published this week will significantly weaken the UK’s response to trafficking and modern slavery. Read our joint statement which urges parliamentarians to change course, abandon these harmful changes and protect survivors: www.kalayaan.org.uk/uncategorize...

🏛️⚖️ Today, we held a drop-in event in Parliament to discuss the improvements needed to the Overseas Domestic Worker (ODW) visa. We want to thank Tulip Siddiq MP for hosting our event, her incredible team for their support and to all the MPs who came along and listened to domestic workers.

Happy International Domestic Workers Day. Solidarity to all domestic workers and support for the ongoing struggle for recognition as workers with access to rights in practice. @kalayaan.org.uk @voiceofdws.bsky.social

It's International Domestic Workers Day 🔊 To mark IDWD2026, we're launching our Domestic Work is Work campaign! We join migrant domestic workers and call on the UK Government to finally ratify @ilo.org Convention 189 and recognise that domestic work is real work! #internationaldomesticworkersday

Go Team Kalayaan!🚶🏅 Our team completed 10km at the London Legal Walk yesterday to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services. There's still time to donate: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-... Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! 💗

Join us, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner + migrant domestic workers for a webinar on Friday 12 June at 3pm to learn how the Overseas Domestic Worker visa is failing domestic workers 💻Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @focusonlabour.bsky.social @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Broken Promises: The visa policy that fails migrant domestic workers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us and learn directly from people with experience of living under the current visa rules for overseas domestic workers in the UK. With the help of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, we’ll...

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Only a few days until International Domestic Workers Day. We look forward to celebrating with domestic workers around the world as we continue to work with migrant domestic workers in the UK for a visa which enables access to rights in practice. @voiceofdws.bsky.social @kalayaan.org.uk

In 2012, the then-Government changed the Overseas Domestic Worker visa and removed vital protections for migrant domestic workers. We’re standing alongside migrant domestic workers to demand a visa that protects them ✊️ www.kalayaan.org.uk/campaign-pos...

❓️ How do we share migrant domestic workers and survivors' stories in affirming ways? ✊️ At our last community workshop, we came together to harness our community's voice and shared experiences of injustice through art of collage! Check out some of the fantastic collages our community created.

Support Team Kalayaan and help us give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation + domestic servitude 🚶On 9th June, we'll be taking part in a 10k walk at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

London Legal Walk 2026

Thank you for supporting our team in fundraising for the 2026 London Legal Walk. We will be walking on Tuesday 9th June to give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation and domestic ser

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➡️ After being referred to the NRM by Kalayaan, Evelyn was able to re-start her life in the UK in 2019 and now campaigns for the rights of other migrant domestic workers. Check out our zine to read Evelyn's story and the stories of her fellow campaigners: online.flippingbook.com/view/7610043...

In 1987, we were founded by migrant domestic workers for migrant domestic workers. Our team at Kalayaan and our Campaigning Group are following in the footsteps of the campaigners of the 1980s-90s to demand justice for migrant domestic workers.   www.kalayaan.org.uk/about-us/our...

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and this year's theme is Action 🪧 Responding to our collective #MentalHealth means identifying and tackling root causes that exacerbate or fuel mental health conditions. @mind.org.uk @nsunnews.bsky.social

Support Team Kalayaan and help us give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation + domestic servitude. 🚶On 9th June, we'll be taking part in a 10k walk at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

London Legal Walk 2026

Thank you for supporting our team in fundraising for the 2026 London Legal Walk. We will be walking on Tuesday 9th June to give life-changing legal advice to survivors of exploitation and domestic ser

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🚶On 9th June, our team will be taking part in a 10k at the London Legal Walk to raise vital funds for free frontline legal services. We deeply appreciate any generous support you are able to give to sponsor our team at this time: londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/kalayaan-...

GRETA have published their report assessing how the UK is implementing the European Convention on Action Against #Trafficking in Human Beings 🚨 This evaluation comes at a critical moment, as the UK is de-prioritising efforts to tackle human trafficking: rm.coe.int/greta-evalua...

In a new report published today by the Government’s independent anti-slavery commissioner, #ModernSlavery in the UK has reached record levels and is likely to worsen over the next decade. 📋Read the report: report-anticipating-exploitation_a-futures-analysis_final.pdf

Our Campaigning Group are working hard to bring about change for their community. By sharing their stories, they told us they hope it brings about change. 🪧 Their "We, Domestic Workers" zine sets out their goals for migrant domestic workers. Read more: www.kalayaan.org.uk/uncategorize... #MayDay

📣 Say it loud and say it clear: Domestic Work is Work! To mark International Workers' Day 2026, we stand alongside migrant domestic workers to call on the UK Government to recognise that domestic work is work and ratify ILO Convention 189. #IWW2026 #InternationalWorkersDay #DomesticWorkIsWork

It's time for rights for migrant domestic workers! 🪧 On Monday 20th April, we joined our friends at Voice of Domestic Workers outside Parliament to call for overhaul of the current Overseas Domestic Worker visa and implement one that reinstates migrant domestic workers' rights! #DomesticWorkers

📣To mark the 14-year anniversary since the Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their essential rights, we stood proudly outside Parliament to demand rights, protection and justice. 🪧 Join our call for the Government to overhaul the current visa and implement one that reinstates rights!

💬"What needs to change is clear. Domestic workers need longer-term, renewable visas, the right to change employers freely, and the ability to switch visa routes." Read Sarah's story to learn why we're calling for changes to the Domestic Worker Visa: www.kalayaan.org.uk/news/sarahs-...

Sarah’s Story: From Rights to Restrictions

Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.

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For 14 years, the UK’s restrictive Overseas Domestic Worker (ODW) visa regime has trapped migrants in a system that enables modern slavery behind closed doors. We’re standing alongside migrant domestic workers to demand a visa that protects them 👇️

📣It's time for a Domestic Worker Visa that protects workers! On the anniversary of the changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa, we're calling on the Government to overhaul the current visa and implement one that reinstates migrant domestic workers' rights. 👉Read our research: buff.ly/fPKM4ER

🗞️Today, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has written an essential piece in the @bigissue.com marking 14 years since the UK Government made changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker visa, which stripped workers of their rights. Read the article here 👉 www.bigissue.com/opinion/over...

Overseas domestic workers at risk of abuse due to UK visa system

On April 6, 2012, the government changed visa rules for overseas domestic workers, which tied them to specific employers and increased the risks of abuse. Eleanor Lyons, the independent anti-slavery c...

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