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4. Why 'foreign domestic workers'? Why don't you just say 'maids'?

'Maid' has come to be a word that brings to mind a person who does work of a very low status, for historical and cultural reasons. Ideas on such things change over time, and descriptive words reflect this: the term 'domestic servants', for example, is no longer used
The word 'maid' is not considered respectful by a lot of domestic workers. 'Domestic helper' and 'domestic worker' are among the descriptions that are preferable. TWC2 usually uses the term 'domestic worker': we think that it recognises the status of the woman concerned as a worker whose job happens to be in the home, but who should receive the kind of consideration and respect others who work for their living are given.