Light for Domestic Workers
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LDW was born in 2019, emanating from the hearts’ feeling of 15 young domestic workers. Their experience and witnessed marginalization, exploitations, sexual abuses and trafficking of children from rural to urban areas for domestic servitude fueled the establishment of Light for Domestic Workers Organization. The motive behind it was to take the leading role in collaboration with other actors at local and national level to raise community awareness and sensitize domestic workers on their rights and empower them to stand against abuse, exploitations and risks of HIV infections.
Our Vision
“Having the community that respects and protects rights of girls and women -domestic workers”.
Our Mission
"To advocate for and sensitize the community on right protection and prevention of gender-based violence against girls and women-domestic workers".
Our Core Values
Light for Domestic Workers (LDW) is a young women and youth-led organization, working to advance Gender Equality with a special focus on the promotion of decent work, dignity, rights and social inclusion for domestic Workers.
Equality
LDW believes that all people are equal and in our case we are strived to bring domestic workers on board and not leaving them behind with their vulnerability. They have same rights as other girls and boys. They also deserve protection as other workers.
Dignity and recognition
LDW we promoting dignity of all people and in particular eyeing on domestic workers’ dignity to eliminate social negative labeling and exclusion. Domestic Workers are also human being, deserve to be treated with dignity and given decent and dignified works.
Transparence and Accountability
We are always working to ensure maximum transparence and build trust among the team and to the community we are serving.
Our Team
Ms. Rehema Mohamed
Ms. Victoria Paschal
Ms. Shamimu Hassani
