Every Sunday, it is not difficult to see foreign servants gathering on the streets of Central, but today there is a different view outside Edinburgh Square.
Every year in Hong Kong, various gay rights activities are held, but most of these activities are held on Saturdays. Many foreign domestic helpers are unable to attend due to work. Therefore, foreign domestic helpers have organized migrant workers for seven consecutive years. Migrant's Pride (Migrant's Pride), one by one migrant workers wave the rainbow flag, expressing love and equality to the public.
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Migrant comrades suffer double discrimination: sexual orientation and race
Shiela, the initiator of the march of Gabriela Hong Kong, a foreign domestic helper organization, said that the purpose of holding a parade is to raise the public's attention to migrant workers. Foreign domestic helpers often suffer poor treatment when working in Hong Kong, especially the neutral minority groups. Double discrimination.
Shiela believes that the current plight of migrant workers has not been understood by the public. First of all, in terms of discrimination, many employers will exclude or discriminate against migrant workers because of their sexual orientation. FDHs are isolated in the work environment and even suffer. Malicious criticism.
Shiela continued that the current living environment of foreign domestic helpers is poor, and many migrant workers have too small living spaces. For example, they only provide one bed as a private space. The situation is that they work nearly 16 hours a day, but their salary has not increased for a long time. Hong Kong law No reforms have been made in this regard, which has left the lives of migrant workers unprotected.
Immigration Department discriminates against foreign domestic helpers refusing visas
In addition, Shiela also criticized the Immigration Department for discriminating against foreign domestic helpers in visa matters.
Shiela said that starting from 2020, the Immigration Department will refuse visa applications from time to time, but among the rejected applications, it is also a form of discrimination to use Job Hopping to describe foreign domestic helpers’ applications. As usual, just as people with higher working ability are more naturally appreciated by other employers, I hope that the Immigration Department can stop targeting foreign domestic helpers.
At present, gay migrant workers are facing various difficulties and society is full of various discriminations. Shiela said that "Hong Kong is our second home." She hopes that through holding demonstrations, the public will know that sexual minorities can coexist in the community and that society needs Get rid of this kind of discrimination.
Participants advocated for more people to pay attention to the situation of migrant workers and strive for better treatment
Jovie, who has been participating since the first parade, said that this year is the seventh year to participate. I am very grateful that the organizer holds a parade every year. The atmosphere of the parade is excellent. However, due to the gathering restriction order this year, the event The scale has also been reduced, but it has not hindered them from attending together and speaking together. As in previous years, Jovie performed dancing at the event this year.
Jovie said that the main reason for participating was to "stand up" for gay domestic helpers and strive for better treatment and understanding for the sex niche group in society.
The local gay parade only takes place on Saturdays, foreign domestic workers cannot participate
Kobumi (Indonesian Migrant Workers Community) also attended this migrant workers' gay parade. One of the leaders said that many local gay parades were held on Saturdays, which prevented many grassroots citizens or migrant workers from participating. The reason is that they often need to go to work. Therefore, I am very grateful that the parade held on Sunday allowed more migrant workers to participate, and their voices and appeals were paid attention to and noticed by the society.
The group pointed out that it has noticed that many employers will consider their sexual orientation when hiring foreign domestic helpers. For example, they are worried about affecting children in the family, so that a group of migrant workers will encounter obstacles and pressures when looking for a job. They believe that they should be treated equally.
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