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The discourse on human rights, of which domestic workers rights are part, has sustained controversies of epic proportions since the enlightenment period in Western Europe (16th century), and was popularised by the draft of Bill of rights in 1689 and consequently by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948. The UDHR was lobbied to circumvent human abuses, especially by the rich and the politically influential against the poor and the weak. The UDHR is the basis of two important United Nations (UN) agreements/covenants (agreements between people or countries) known as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Mozambique is one of the signatories of the UDHR and the UN's aforementioned covenants, yet some groups of people's human rights continue disrespected and dishonoured. This paper examines the problems encountered by domestic workers in Mozambique. Our argument as substantiated by the results obtained from this study is that there is still gross violation and abuse of domestic workers rights in Mozambique. We further on to suggest, as our recommendations, some ways through which Mozambican domestic workers' conditions can be improved.

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Domestic Workers, Human Rights, Problems, Law, Mozambique

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