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| Title: | Workplace Violence among Domestic Workers in Urban Households in Kenya: A Case of Nairobi City |
| Author: | Ondimu, Kennedy N. |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | January |
| Pages: | 37-61 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya East Africa |
| Subjects: | domestic workers child labour child abuse work environment urban households Urbanization and Migration Labor and Employment Law, Human Rights and Violence Women's Issues Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights urbanization sociology Domestics Violence in the workplace Social surveys |
| External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v023/23.1ondimu.pdf |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses findings of a study conducted in 2004/2005 on the prevalence and impact of domestic labour migration in Nairobi, Kenya. Specifically, the paper examines the profile of domestic workers and the extent of their vulnerability and exposure to different forms of abuse. The study integrated both qualitative and quantitative research techniques to attain its objectives. The qualitative approach included a key informant survey and in-depth interviews. The quantitative approach involved a cross-sectional household stratified sample survey in urban residential areas in Nairobi. The results reveal that, overall, children account for a higher proportion of domestic workers, most of them girls from poor families. Child domestic workers in Nairobi face many workplace-related social hazards including injury, verbal harassment and sexual abuse. Based on these findings, the study makes appropriate policy recommendations. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
