Well i was interested in violence against women and specifically wanted to work for ‘my people’ i.e. women in PK because a lot is being done for women other places but PK seems to be an area where no attention is given to women especially in the interational community. I mean you will see funding going to projects in India but the same funding for the same project would be denied in PK… why? because its Pakistan.
and why i chose maids… well despite what i just said there are a few projects running for women in general. most projects focus on rural areas. but the issue with maids is that they are ignored. the rates of violence aimed at maids is surprisingly high, though most of it goes unreported and unspoken of. similarly sexual violence is also high in such jobs.
what is interesting is that you will find a lot of research conducted about maids in Phillipines, Dubai and even India but I couln’t find any for PK. So these are the overall reasons for me choosing this project.