NLUD to organise Panel Discussion on domestic workers on May 2

Centre for Labour Law Research and Advocacy (CLLRA) at National Law University Delhi is all set to organise a panel discussion on "Paid Domestic Work: A Socio-Legal Discourse' on May 2, 2023. The eminent panellists will be Prof. (Dr.) Neetha N., Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, Ms Elizabeth Khumallambam, Community for Social Change & Development and National Platform for Domestic Workers, and Adv. Chirayu Jain, various Courts of Delhi. 

Centre for Labour Law Research and Advocacy (CLLRA) at National Law University Delhi will organise a panel discussion on "Paid Domestic Work: A Socio-Legal Discourse' on May 2, 2023.

"In light of the new developments in realm of labour law, we wish to re-explore any hopes for legal recognition of paid domestic work. Why is there a persisting rigidity in the legal constructions of work, workplace, and other such concepts, despite their clear shortcomings? How have the Indian courts of law dealt with issues of domestic workers? In the evolving labour-law regime in India, what should our demands be – a sector-specific legislation or recognition of domestic work under the consolidated laws? In either case, could the laws account for the other socio-cultural factors of marginalisation associated with domestic workers? What do the feminist and other social movements say about the struggles of domestic workers? Is there a need for better

coordination or unification of these movements for the cause of domestic workers? How has the movement by domestic workers and activists fared in India? What is the way forward? The Panel Discussion seeks your intellectual engagement with such questions," reads NLUD's statement.

The panellists of the panel discussion comprise Prof. (Dr.) Neetha N., Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi, Ms. Elizabeth Khumallambam, Community for Social Change & Development and National Platform for Domestic Workers, and Adv. Chirayu Jain, various Courts of Delhi. 

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