by Xyza Cruz Bacani

Lilibeth, a domestic worker from the Philippines, holds at an ultrasound image of her unborn child. She was fired when she asked for maternity leave pay, a payment granted by law. In a statement to the police, she said her employer illegally kept her passport and then tore it up so that she could not travel. Hong Kong, March 6, 2015.

A domestic worker cleans a window inside her employer’s home. Hong Kong domestic workers are vulnerable to labor trafficking and exploitation. Hong Kong, November 22, 2015.