Letters | On World Children’s Day, don’t forget the kids of migrant mums in Hong Kong
- Despite legal protection, pregnant migrant domestic workers often lose their jobs
- For children to have a fair start in life, mothers must be adequately supported
Today, on World Children’s Day, children reimagine a better world.
PathFinders is committed to ensuring no child is born alone and deprived of an identity, basic supplies, health care and shelter.
Despite legal protection, expectant migrant domestic worker mothers are all too often fired or pressured into resigning because they and their employers don’t know what else to do. Ensuring a pregnant migrant domestic worker keeps her job remains one of PathFinders’ top priorities, so no migrant domestic worker illegally overstays, resulting in her child becoming disadvantaged.
Most of the 370,000 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong are women of childbearing age. Many are mothers who rely on video calls to see their children and depend on others to raise them. These working mothers have made unimaginable sacrifices to give their children brighter futures, and enable fellow working mothers to remain in the workforce.
