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We are Kalayaan

Justice for migrant domestic workers.

What We Do

Kalayaan is the only legal charity for migrant domestic workers that offers the solidarity of a lived-experience community campaign group alongside high quality legal advice. The combination of our community working alongside our specialist, accredited legal team is what makes our political advocacy effective. We are one of only nine non-statutory First Responder organisations in the UK.

 

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    MPs Engaged

    by Kalayaan members for International Domestic Workers Day 2026

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    Attendances

    at our Community Engagement events in the year to April 2026

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    Positive Conclusive Grounds Decisions

    in the year to April 2026

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    Clients

    advised by our legal team so far in 2026

Need advice?

If you are a migrant domestic worker in need of advice, our legal team are here to help.

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Join our community & English classes

We are proud to host a thriving community and offer face to face English classes at two different levels on Sundays during term time at our centre in Holland Park.

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What We Do

Legal Support

We offer free legal advice to exploited migrant domestic workers from IAA accredited advisors and are one of only nine Non-Statutory First Responder Organisations in the UK.

Community Engagement

Our Community Engagement Programme builds solidarity, advocacy skills, knowledge of rights and offers a space to foster powerful conversations.

Campaigns

Change happens when survivors and people with lived experience refuse to be silent.

Sign the Pledge: Domestic Work is Work

We are calling on you to pledge your support and recognise that domestic work is real work. By making your pledge, you support our call to demand the UK Government ratifies ILO 189, recognising that domestic work is real work and guaranteeing domestic workers the basic protections we all expect and deserve while we work.

Make Your Pledge: Domestic Work is Work

Read our research

Here at Kalayaan, we are proud to produce high-quality, well-researched publications informed by our legal team and community of migrant domestic workers. Check out the latest in our reports, submissions, joint responses and briefings.

The National Referral Mechanism: Near Breaking Point

Report published in response to the pressing need to review the numbers of, and available resources to, designated First Responder Organisations in the UK. It came after Kalayaan issued an urgent Public Announcement with our concerns on 30 January 2023.

Ready, Willing & Able Report 5

The fifth report in our five‑part report series urging the UK Government to grant all adult survivors in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) the right to work, with a simple policy change.

Report: 12 Years of Modern Slavery

Our 2024 report argues that UK government policy for the past 12 years has stripped migrant domestic workers of labour law rights, creating a “smokescreen” that excuses state inaction on abuse and exploitation.

Resources