The Big Read: Burdened with family expectations and lured by temptations, some foreign domestic workers get snared in debt trap

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SINGAPORE — Two freak accidents involving her brother and nephew in Manila late last year turned a Filipino domestic helper’s life upside down. The 45-year-old, who has worked in Singapore since 1999, had to find a way to raise around 100,000 pesos (S$2,400) to pay for their surgery and hospitalisation bills.

The Big Read: Burdened with family expectations and lured by temptations, some foreign domestic workers get snared in debt trap

Foreign domestic workers in Singapore have lately taken to pawning gold jewellery bought on instalment plans with zero upfront payment Some FDWs also borrow from both legal and illegal moneylenders, with maid agencies and charities saying they have seen a rise in cases of maids taking loans and getting into debts

 

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