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    Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement - Nairobi Kenya

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    Author(s)
    Agaya, Benson M.O
    Asunza, Masiga
    Publication date
    2013-08-01
    Subject
    Aid
    Education
    Food and livelihoods
    Gender
    Inequality
    Keywords
    Aid effectiveness
    Discrimination
    Fair trade
    Food security
    Gender mainstreaming
    Gender training
    Gender-based violence
    Girls' education
    Housing
    Investment
    Labour standards
    Maternal and child health
    Programme management
    Protection
    Research methods
    Welfare
    Wellbeing
    Women farmers
    Sustainable livelihoods approach
    Livelihoods
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    Country
    Kenya
    
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    Publisher(s)
    Oxfam International
    Document type
    Evaluation report
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    Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue to work under these difficult circumstances for the sake of their survival and to support their dependants which included young children. This level of vulnerability and the labour challenges faced by these women encouraged Oxfam to initiate consultations with other stakeholders with the aim of working with them to reduce their difficulties and suffering.

    Oxfam entered into partnership with Prospect Union and agreed that any project targeting the challenges of women domestic workers required baseline information that would provide objective details of the working environment under which the domestic workers operate. Such information is currently not documented. Oxfam carried out this study, which now provides credible data and improved understanding of this informal and relatively opaque sector. With financial support from Prospect Union the study was carried out in Mukuru informal settlement in May and June 2013. The report provides a detailed analysis of the context in which the women domestic workers operate and challenges they face. This publication will provide the guideline on the programmatic areas that Oxfam and Prospect Union will explore in working with and empowering the women domestic workers. It is our hope that other development partners, the Government of Kenya and other stakeholders will find this publication useful in their own work.

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    33
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10546/303287
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    http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/report-of-a-baseline-survey-of-women-domestic-workers-in-mukuru-informal-settle-303287
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