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HIV-positive domestic workers

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Domestic work is one of the largest sectors employing women in South Africa, and these women are vulnerable to HIV. Many of the women are migrants, who are often uneducated and tend to live and work in isolation.
The majority of cases dealing with the unfair dismissal of employees with HIV usually involves individual employers, in most cases those who have people working in their homes.
Domestic workers are covered by the same laws that protect against HIV discrimination in the workplace. Our International Women’s Media Foundation Fellow, Zeenat Abdool found that the greatest security comes from having an employer who understands that HIV usually poses no threat to the family.

– By Zeenat Abdool

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