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  • Campaign

    Workers write to MPs to demand their protection against re-trafficking

    Members of Kalayaan's Campaign Group reach out to their MPs for reform of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa

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  • Campaign

    Members of the House of Lords respond to the Government on granting the right to work to all in the NRM

    Letter from Peers follows Kalayaan's series of reports on this crucial issue

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  • News

    To mark 13 years of the harmful Overseas Domestic Worker visa, Joy shares her story campaigning for change

    "For too long, domestic workers like me have been silenced, invisible behind closed doors. It is time for our voices to be heard and our rights to be restored"

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CASE STUDY 1: TRAFFICKED

Regina’ (not her real name) was brought to the UK by an employer to work in their private household…

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Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa re…

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploi…

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20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the…

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Ground…

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Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to…

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to...

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Ready, Willing & Able: Series of reports published…

  Kalayaan has published the last of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

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Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

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Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the third of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

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Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out economi…

Kalayaan has published the second of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National Referral...

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New report sets out why all slavery survivors must have…

  Today, Kalayaan has published the first of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the...

Read here

Latest News / See all news

Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa re…

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploi…

Read here

20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the…

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Ground…

Read here

Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to…

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to...

Read here

Ready, Willing & Able: Series of reports published…

  Kalayaan has published the last of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the fourth of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out how acc…

  Kalayaan has published the third of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National...

Read here

Ready, Willing and Able: Latest report sets out economi…

Kalayaan has published the second of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the National Referral...

Read here

New report sets out why all slavery survivors must have…

  Today, Kalayaan has published the first of five ‘mini reports’ on the right to work in the...

Read here

Comments About Our Work

‘Kalayaan have combined both this professional service with campaigning and influencing public policy, and for that reason, Kalayaan is a very very good winner.’

The Guardian Charity Awards 2010

Stuart Etherington
Chief Executive, NCVO

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Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa reform to protect domestic workers from re-trafficking

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploitation on…

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20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the Home Office over the right to work for survivors of trafficking

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Grounds decision…

Read here

Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to grant the right to work for all in the NRM

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to…

Read here

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Kalayaan clients write to their MPs calling for visa reform to protect domestic workers from re-trafficking

Kalayaan has been collaborating with King’s College London, The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) and After Exploitation on…

Read here

20 Members of the House of Lords continue to press the Home Office over the right to work for survivors of trafficking

  Currently, thousand of survivors wait years in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for a Conclusive Grounds decision…

Read here

Members of the House of Lords ask the Home Secretary to grant the right to work for all in the NRM

  On Friday 14 February 2025, 11 peers in the House of Lords sent a joint letter to…

Read here

Volunteer with Us

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