Silenced: Talks With Working Class West Indian Women About their Lives and Struggles as Domestic Workers in Canada
- Date
1983
- Auteurs
Makeda Silvera
- Résumé
'' I wish I could have my family here with me - loneliness - it makes you feel so helpless, so vulnerable, so ashamed. It's almost like a crime.''
''We're doing the dirty work. They are paying the money. But they think probably we are nobody. They must treat us equal, like we are human beings too, not like some animals.''
''My only relief is when I get a chance to go to church on Sundays, where I can cry out loud to the Lord and tell him my troubles.''
These women- the most voiceless of the ''silenced-majority'', contribute to the breaking down of silence.
- Number of pages
132
- Lieu de publication
Canada
- Éditeur
Williams-Wallace Publishers Inc.
- Mots-clés
Domestic Workers, India, abuses
- Types de contenu
Policy analysis, Cas d’abus documentés et Statistics on work and life conditions
- Groupes cibles
Travailleurs (im)migrants, Sensibilisation du public et Employeurs et agences de recrutement
- Pertinence géographique
Inde et National relevance
- Langues
Anglais