Members

The RESPECT Network was developed in 1998 as a network of Migrant Domestic Workers self- organisations, migrant rights support organisations, Trade Unions and individual advocates campaigning for the rights of MDWs in Europe.

Contact points of RESPECT

Filipino Chaplaincy & Samahan , OR.C.A. vzw , Brussels Belgium; Babaylan France, France;RESPECT Berlin, Verikom/Diakonisches Werk – Hamburg, Frankfurt Germany; KASAPI HELLAS, Greece; Migrant Rights Center -DWAG, Ireland; Sabrina Marchetti - Italy; RESPECT-NL, TRUSTED Migrants, OTRADELA, African Roots Movement(ARM), Bayanihan Rotterdam - Netherlands; GRAAL, Portugal ; Geneva Forum for Philippine Concerns; Geneva, Switzerland ; Centro Filipino- Barcelona, Spain ; KALAYAAN & UNITE, UK.

Members RESPECT EUROPE

Filipino Chaplaincy, Belgium
Samahan, Belgium
OR.C.A. vzw , Belgium
KISA, Cyprus
Babaylan France, France
RESPECT Berlin, Germany
KASAPI HELLAS, Greece
Diwata, migrant alliance, Greece
DWAG, Ireland
RESPECT NL, Netherlands
Centro Filipino- Barcelona, Spain
Geneva Forum for Philippine Concerns; Geneva, Switzerland
KALAYAAN, UK
J4DW, UK
External experts MDW: Brid Brennan and Petra Snelders

Initiating members included:

Anti-Slavery International, UK; Babaylan France, France; Bayt Al- Thaqafa, Spain; Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers(CFMW), Netherlands; RESPECT-NL ; TRUSTED Migrants; CGIL, Italy, Donne Nel Mondo, Italy; Entremujeres, Spain; European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Brussels; FILCAMS-CGIL, Italy; International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), Brussels; Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento (lED), Portugal; RESPECT Berlin, Germany; Kalayaan UK; Kasapi, Greece; Movimiento por Ia Paz, el desarmé y Ia Libertad (MPOL), Spain; SOLIDAR, Brussels; Transport & General Workers Union (T&GWU) UK; Transnational Institute (TNI), Netherlands; Vomade, Spain.

The network has combined national campaigns and international networking and achievements include:

a) giving visibility to MDW working and living conditions in Europe;

b) placing the rights of MDWs on the political agenda in Europe and internationally;

c)successful regularisation campaigns in a number of EU countries - Greece, Spain, Italy and the UK.