📣 The UK's exploitative Overseas Domestic Worker visa regime traps migrants in a system that enabled modern slavery behind closed doors But it doesn't have to be this way. Migrant domestic workers are leading the call for change. Read our report to find out more: www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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 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.

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! 💗

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.

➡️ 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

🚶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-...

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!

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

We support Domestic Worker Rights ✊ Do you? On Monday 6th April, it's the 14-year anniversary of the changes to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa. That's 14 years since the UK Government stripped migrant domestic workers of their labour rights. Read our research: buff.ly/fPKM4ER

Today we marked International Women’s Day with our event Surviving to Thriving, standing in solidarity with migrant domestic workers & speaking out against violence against women. We reflected on our shared lived experiences, and our resilience as a community & vowed to keep fighting for all women

Congrats to The Voice of Domestic Workers on their event last night. We heard excellent & urgent conversations from workers, Simon Israel @hinabokharild.bsky.social Alison Spencer-Scragg of @unitetheunion.bsky.social & a solidarity message from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Time to fix ODW visa now 💪

A huge thank you to @hinabokharild.bsky.social for tabling & helping pass the London Assembly motion calling for more rights for migrant domestic workers to help them avoid exploitation! Thanks also to the other members for voting in support! Read the motion here: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Last week our community came together to mark #AntiSlaveryDay. We served coffee, croissants & community cheer & heard from workers speaking about their artwork created around freedom hope & courage. Thanks to friends allies the Natasha Project & special guest @hinabokharid.bsky.social for joining us

Very proud of Joy* a long-standing member of Kalayaan's campaign group, winning the Human Trafficking Foundation Award for Best Opinion Piece on Modern Slavery in parliament earlier this week. Read Joy's story here: metro.co.uk/2025/04/07/t... #AntiSlaveryDay #ModernSlavery #SurvivorLeadership

Thank you to @joepowell.bsky.social‬ for stopping by and talking to migrant domestic workers today about the need for rights to challenge abuse and prevent exploitation. We look forward to working with your office! 👏

Today our Campaigning Group wrote to @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social @georgiagould.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social about reforming the Overseas Domestic Worker visa to prevent trafficking & modern slavery. We look forward to their replies!

Our thanks to Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally & UN colleagues for inviting us to attend today & speak to some of the issues the UK is battling with. It remains a difficult time for those working in the migration field, supporting those who have experienced workplace abuse. Our work continues.. 🇺🇳