International Slavery Museum Presents Home alone: end domestic slavery
Home alone: end domestic slavery: An exhibition at the International Slavery Museum open from 10 September 2010.
Domestic work is one of the oldest occupations in the world and currently represents 10% of employment in some countries. Domestic workers work in other people’s homes performing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry and taking care of children, the sick and the elderly.
Home alone, invisible to society and lacking legal protection, domestic workers are among the most exploited and abused workers in the world. Many are in slavery. International action is needed to give them legal protection and end the abuse.
Exhibition partners
Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation and works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world.
The International Slavery Museum seeks to increase public understanding of the history of the transatlantic slave trade and the wider issues of freedom and injustice still present in the world today.
This is the first exhibition in the museum’s new Campaign Zone – an exhibitions and community space that aims to shed light on the legacies of transatlantic slavery and to raise awareness of modern forms of slavery.
International Slavery Museum
Albert Dock, Liverpool
Admission FREE
Open 10am-5pm every day
Information 0151 478 4499
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism
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