1. “More than a Roof and Four Walls”
by Theresa Symons

2. Congregation of
Our Lady of Charity
the Good Shepherd

3. Globally present in 73 countries with one focus…
Direction Statement
….We identified the most pressing needs of today as poverty, human trafficking, forced migration, refugees, gender inequality, violence toward women and children, and religious intolerance….

4. Good Shepherd in Asia Pacific
South
Korea
Japan
Nepal
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Macau
Taiwan
Vietnam
India
Myanmar
Cambodia
Philippines
Thailand
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Good Shepherd in Asia Pacific
Australia
New Zealand

5. (Good Shepherd Welfare Centre) Malaysia website: goodshepherd.my

6. 2011
2012
2013 (e)
2014 (f)
Population (million)
29.0
29.3
29.7
30.1
Malaysians
(26.7)
(27.0)
(27.3)
Non-Msians
(2.3)
(2.4)
Labour force (million)
12.6
12.9
13.2
13.6
Employment (million)
12.3
12.5
12.8
13.1
Unemployment rate (%)
3.1
3.2
Source: Economic Planning Unit

7. Malaysia
Source: Economic Planning Unit

8. Conventions Signatory ✓ ✗ UDHR CEDAW CRC Palermo Protocol
Convention Relating to the Rights of Refugees ✗
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of their families
Domestic Workers Convention (ILO 189)

9. Indonesian Domestic Workers – Cost of recruitment
Source: The STAR 24Jan15

10. Indonesian Domestic Workers – Salary Comparison
Source: The STAR 24Jan15

11. in an Irregular Situation
Experiences of
Domestic Workers
in an Irregular Situation
Good Shepherd Women Shelter
Government Shelters for Trafficked Women

12. in an Irregular Situation
Experiences of
Domestic Workers
in an Irregular Situation
Vulnerability to
Human
Trafficking
Act – Means - Purpose

14. I M P A C T C A U S E S No contact with family / relatives
No day off, work 24/7
Sexual exploitation
Multiple places of work
I M P A C T
Restricted
movement
Unpaid
wages
Lack of
health care
Stress,
Afraid, nervous
Sick
Withholding of passports
Poor Mental health
Physical , verbal, emotional abuse
Poor living
conditions, no private space
Poor Implementation of laws
C A U S E S
Undocumented
DW not recognized as work; servant
Unskilled
Debt bondage
Low literacy rate
Low / Non Priority
Irregular means of employment
Poverty
No legal recourse
High recruitment fees
home to support
No options for help
Not aware of rights
Poor victim identification

15. I M P A C T C A U S E S Counseling (individual and group)
No contact with family / relatives
No day off, work 24/7
Sexual exploitation
Multiple places of work
I M P A C T
Counseling (individual and group)
Program activities
Faith sharing (for non-Muslims)
Restricted
movement
Unpaid
wages
Lack of
health care
Stress,
Afraid, nervous
Sick
Withholding of passports
Poor Mental health
Physical , verbal, emotional abuse
Poor living
conditions, no private space
Undocumented
Poor Implementation of laws
C A U S E S
DW not recognized as work; servant
Unskilled
Debt bondage
Low literacy rate
Need to address the causes!
Low / Non Priority
Irregular means of employment
Poverty
No legal recourse
High recruitment fees
home to support
No options for help
Not aware of rights
Poor victim identification

16. April to July 2014

18. I M P A C T
C A U S E S

22. Call To
Action

23. Palermo Protocol (Trafficking in Persons)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Intl Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
Palermo Protocol
(Trafficking in Persons)
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention Relating to the Rights of Refugees
Domestic Workers Convention
ILO 189

25. END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE
1.1 Eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured by people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.4 Ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

26. LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
4.2 Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective outcomes
4.5 Eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training…..
4.6 Ensure all youths and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

27. ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

28. PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour…..
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants and those in precarious employment

29. REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people including through the implementation of planned and well managed migration policies

30. PEACE JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms

31. How do we develop action plans guided by human rights documents and the Sustainable Development Goals to create sound policy frameworks at national, regional and international levels for the protection and promotion of human rights if migrant domestic workers in an irregular situation?

32. “…..above and beyond our plans and programmes, we are dealing with real men and women who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights. To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny.”