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Day Off Campaign 2008

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A joint initiative with our partners, TWC2 began our Sundays Off campaign in 2003 before working with new partners to further the message of a weekly day off.


Other media coverage include:

'Battle not won' for rest days

NGOs launch campaign to give regular days off to foreign domestic workers

No need to legislate mandatory day off for FDWs for now

No need for mandatory rest day for maids: Minister

To access more Day Off information, including TWC2's past campaign work and some downloadable campaign tools, click HERE.

"A Day Off for All", by John Gee. 

 New Picture (1).bmp "I am happy being a volunteer at TWC2, we try our best to fight for the lives and well beings of all domestic workers. We like to work together with other NGOs, so hopefully we’ll be successful in future to build better relationship between a domestic worker and employer.

The most important thing for all domestic workers is a day off on weekends. This is the only time we can take to relax and have time for ourselves. If there is no day off, we will be stressed. My suggestion to everyone is to give a day off to domestic workers."

Suprihatin, a TWC2 Helpliner who is originally from Indonesia. She has been hired in Singapore for 10 years as a work-permit holder.