Migration Virtual Hub - Hong Kong SAR, China
Hong Kong SAR is one of the most densely populated places in the world. It has a population of 7.1 million, enjoys a very high human development index. Hong Kong SAR is primarily a receiving territory of labour migrants. Foreign workers include professionals as well as domestic workers, with the latter making up approximately 4 percent of the population and are overwhelmingly women. As of April 2013 Hong Kong employs more than 300,000 foreign domestic workers. The overwhelming majority of these domestic workers are women, most of whom originate from the Philippines (152,807) and Indonesia (151,382).
Territory Context
Key Gender and Human Rights Issues
Key Stakeholders
Ratification Records and Compliance with CEDAW
- Discrimination
- Policy Measures
- Domestic Workers
- Trafficking
- Forced Labour
- Employment
- Employment Contract
- Minimum Wage
- Minimum Age
- Benefits
- Regulation of Employment Agencies
- Maternity Protection
- Remittances
- Access to Health Services, Work Safety
- Right to Take Part of Culture Life
- Equality Before the Law
Analysis and Conclusions
Recommendations
References
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