Migrant domestic workers in Turkey: Specific problems with private employment agencies.
Author Name
Zehra Mavis YILDIRIM and Zehra Berna AYDIN
Author Address
Zehra Mavis YILDIRIM, Ceyhun GULER and Zehra Berna AYDIN
Keywords
Migrant, DomesticWorkers, Women, Private Employment Agencies, RightsViolation
Abstract
According to the ILO report on Global Estimates on Migrant Workers, 2015, there are 67.1 million estimated domestic workers globally and 11.5 million of them are migrant domestic workers. The sector is highly female ominated with around 73.4 percent of all migrant domestic workers. According to Turkish Statistical Institute, there is around 121.000 domestic workers in Turkey. However, having a high rate of informal economy in the country this figure is considered to be quite higher than it is. Migrant domestic workers are under-counted but it is known that there is quite high number of migrant domestic workers from world wide, especially fromold Soviet Bloc, in the country. Migrant domestic workers in Turkey mostly work for the private employment agencies and this research to identify what are the specific problems migrant domestic workers are facing while working for those employment agencies. What is known, migrant domestic workers can endure long working hours, low or unpaid wages, sometimes no annual leave rights, poor or unsafeshelter, as well as being subject to discrimination, bullying etc. However, there is no specific research, to authorsknowledge, that explodes the problems caused by private employment agencies to migrant domestic workers. This research aims to fill this gap.
Conference
International Conference on "Global Migration: Rethinking Skills, Knowledge and Culture"