Yasmin Shafik, 27, lives in Virginia. She’s the daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants who came to the US in the 1970s.
Shafik wears a headscarf. She recently went to a hair salon in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC, that caters to Muslim women who wear hijab. She told her story to producer Jonna McKone. http://ow.ly/lFFGj
Sonia Soares, 52, is a Brazilian house cleaner in the Boston area. She felt invisible, but gained confidence through mediation sessions that help domestic workers resolve disputes with employers. Now, she works as a mediator herself.
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Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, an advocacy group based in New York
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San Francisco-based filmmaker Theo Rigby created a short documentary called “The Caretaker” about Joesy Gerrish, who is from Fiji.
After a screening in Sebastopol, California, members of the audience wrote down their answers to questions, including this one: Who is going to take care of the people you love?
How would you answer the question?
Nannies, housecleaners, caregivers—they are sometimes called the world’s most invisible workforce. In the US alone, it’s estimated that more than 2 million people do this type of work. Most are women and many are immigrants.
As part of our Global Nation coverage, The World’s Monica Campbell has our first piece in a series about domestic workers: http://ow.ly/l4owh
For most of us, when we want to make a major purchase, we apply for a loan. But what if you have no credit score?
That’s the case for many immigrants living in the United States – here legally or not. But one non-profit organization in San Francisco has adopted a novel way to try and change that.
Nannies, housecleaners, caregivers—they are sometimes called the world’s most invisible workforce. In the US alone, it’s estimated that more than 2 million people do this type of work. Most are women and many are immigrants. And pressure is growing to address their working conditions.
As part of our Global Nation coverage, The World’s Monica Campbell has our first piece in a series about domestic workers. http://ow.ly/l4owh
At the West County Detention Facility, inmates can pay upwards of $20 for a five-minute phone call to friends, relatives or lawyers. While the high rates are a cash cow for the prison, for detainees they have become a major hurdle to staying in touch with the outside.
Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York provides care for nearly 2 million patients a year, and delivers medical care in more than 150 different languages. The international diversity of patients there, including many immigrants, makes the hospital a medical melting pot. http://ow.ly/kVssL
For years, families on both sides of the border have lived apart, with Mexicans in the US without papers afraid of visiting home and then being unable to cross back. But new laws could change this.
From the public radio collaboration Fronteras Desk, Jude Joffe-Block reports from Mexico about families hoping for long-awaited reunions.
