Marissa Begonia, Director of The Voice of Domestic Workers, speaks to Lucy about her life as a domestic worker and her campaign for domestic workers' rights.

Follow the links below to find out more about Marissa's journey and The Voice of Domestic Workers as well as issues relating to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).

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Links

Marissa Begonia: the invisible workforce – my fight for migrant domestic workers in the UK (Being the Story speech)

Hard Graft: work, health and rights (Wellcome Collection)

The Voice of Domestic Workers

Channel 4 News report: The domestic slaves rescued from London’s richest streets

Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse

UK’s richest family convicted of exploiting servants

The NRM: no substitute for workers’ rights

Kalayaan: The National Referral Mechanism – near breaking point

Immigration crackdown sees British modern slavery victims imprisoned

Unite the Union: United Migrant Workers Education Programme

Covid-19 music fundraiser for domestic workers