LOCKED DOWN IN POVERTY   MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN LEGAL PARADIGM

This webinar began with a welcome address by Dr Betsy Rajasingh and a brief introduction about the speaker by student coordinator Mr. Sandesh Saravanan. Dr. Sophy then commenced her lecture recounting the plight of domestic workers in India. She highlighted the double discrimination faced by domestic workers – chiefly women – and the complete political apathy and legislative lethargy that surrounds their work and their lives. Falling under the unorganized sector, she highlighted how about 45 million domestic workers in India, both from the live-in and live-out category faced denial of rights as there was no sui-generis legal framework that guaranteed their rights. She then went on to point out with specific case-study, how most of the migrant domestic workers faced insurmountable hardships on account of the lock down announced by the Government. The lecture was a comprehensive account of the conditions of domestic workers in India, which the students found so interesting, that a large chunk of time after the lecture was devoted to a very lively Question and Answer session. 

The Webinar was co-ordinated by Dr. Asha Sundaram, Principal Saveetha School of Law, Dr. Betsy Rajasingh, Assistant Proffesor, Saveetha School of Law and student co-ordinator Mr. Sandesh Saravanan. About 40 students engaged themselves in the Webinar, which concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr.Prem Ranganath.