Research

=Savannah= =**Research**= //**How**//**)**
 * //Who//****)** The employer when they think that they can get away with mistreating thnere domestic helpers.
 * //What//****)**
 * //Where//****)**
 * //When//****)**
 * //Why//****)**

=**Written Information**=
 * By maite ochoa**

The reason why they come to hong kong is because they either don’t have enough money to take care of their family, they have to come to hong kong to get money to pay their mortgage. They sometimes want to come here and have a better life that in the Philippines. In Beijing there are almost 400,000 maids helping over a million families. In 2009 about 20% of female housekeepers had suffered from sexual harassment. 20% housekeepers in beijing don’t get paid on time. 90% don’t have social insurance. Most of the helpers that get sexually abused don’t have a clue about their rights and don’t know how yo protect themselves when they have suffered from sexual harassment. Few of them even dare to speak. 90% of the cases that lawyers handle are from helpers in china getting mistreated. Most of the domestic helpers don’t know the laws and the regulations. The most popular age that domestic helpers get sexually abused are between 16 and 25 years of age. Domestic helpers in hong kong are sometimes mistreated by their employers by either not paying them the right amount of money or not giving them time for their own. The reason why they come to hong kong is because they either don’t have enough money to take care of their family, they have to come to hong kong to get money to pay their mortgage. Employers of local helpers if they slap their helper they would usually get a 2 month imprisonment but for the foreign helper employers if they slap their helpers they get a 3 month imprisonment Some New helpers in Singapore if they get physically,emotionally and sexually abused don’t know where to go to tell people if their situation. Some maids in Asia are scared to speak up because they are scared that they are going to get in trouble with their employers because they can terminate their contact and send them home.**
 * Domestic helpers in hong kong are sometimes mistreated by their employers by either not paying them the right amount of money or not giving them time for their own.