Exposure and Media

Being in the front-line of campaign means being always in the media limelight too. This is how we get come-out from isolation and being voiceless to raise awareness to the public and get their support to help us lobby our Government.
If you missed the important documentary at ITV lastJan. 19, 2015 here is the hardcash productions' Exposure: Britain Secret Slaves (note: accessible in Uk only)

Additional feature of this film at ITV was my own appearance with ITV Presenter Julie Etchingham in Good Morning Britain. This was my opportunity to call for an end of modern slavery in the Uk by re-instatement of the rights of migrant domestic workers.

My employer watched me actually who was very proud and always in full support. She even recorded and we watched it together when I returned to my work. 'Hello TV Star!', she said when I arrived home. To me it's more on the opportunity to voice-out and reach-out to wider audience.

Appearing on TV is not something I would be nervous because my almost 6 years experience in J4DW has already trained and prepared to all on the spot event like the GMB.

My Background

My profession is domestic worker. I work full-time from Monday to Friday. I have some part-time work on Saturdays. Both work understand my advocacy and campaign in Justice 4 Domestic workers
J4DW's activities are on Sundays so all together I work full 7 Days a week. This is my hectic Life.

I juggle domestic work and J4DW. In the day I could run to meeting if my domestic work time permits. I have a very supportive employer who allowed me travel for conference anywhere in the world. My employer wouldn't deduct my salary even my conference would last for 2 weeks.

Organising the most vulnerable migrant domestic workers is tough but most engaging and challenging work.I  love the work I do it becomes part of my life. My life is incomplete without my community organising and campaign work.

I'm a working mother of 2 Children namely Jemarie, Jemuel and Jerisse. They are aware of my public profile and they would like a privacy of their own. I normally won't talk so much about them.
I simply refer to them as my Magic JJJ. Oh, I can't wait to see them what would they become one day. I originally from the Philippines, I have lived and worked in the Uk for more than 10 Years.

In 2008, I wrote Cry of A Migrant and never expected that one day it will be a record holder as most read article. My dream was to help my raise awareness through my writingso could educate the readers about the plight of migrant domestic workers through writing my own story. It indeed happened. Cru of a Migrant became window of the world to J4DW and of J4DW to the world. Since then J4DW is non-stopable group of migrant domestic workers campaigning for our rights and welfare.
In 2012, I was asked a follow-up article, I wrote Hope of A Migrant




This is Justice For Domestic Workers Rally to oppose Modern Slavery in Britain last June 16th 2014.