The current issue of Inside DB, the Discovery Bay community magazine, features a three page article on reactions to Vicky’s disappearance and death. Written by Joan Gill, who conducted interviews with Bethune House Director Edwina Antonio and blog administrator Mike Poole, the article is a comprehensive guide to what has happened, the conditions under which domestic helpers work in Hong Kong, and what should and will happen in the future.
The message is simple: we all need to work against the isolation and exploitation of domestic helpers to ensure that mysterious circumstances surround no more disappearances and deaths.
Edwina Antonio, whose over-worked organisation provides shelter for domestic helpers forced to flee their places of residence, has been an integral part of the Justice for Vicky concern group since its inception. She, and other members of migrant worker support organisations who are part of the group, have helped us understand the extent to which domestic helpers in Hong Kong are unable to communicate their concerns, both work-related and personal, for fear of retaliation by capricious employers.
Whatever led to Vicky Flores’ death, had she been in an environment that did not restrict her movement for most of her waking hours and did not encourage silence in the face of difficulties, everyone – including the police – would have been less likely to grasp at explanations that have little basis in fact.
The examples of the conditions under which helpers live that Edwina gives in the article are common, despite protestations to the contrary from some commentors on this blog. They are dangerous and have to change.
If you live in Discovery Bay, copies of the magazine will be in your building now – please try to read the article, or to pass out copies to those who could benefit from it.
For everyone else, we will seek permission from the magazine to upload a full version of the article to its own page here.
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