Author(s)

Polycarp Africanus Kerega

Department of Labour Studies, Institute of Social Work, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

While domestic workers in the city of Dar es Salaam are viewed to be mostly young girls from villages outside the city, very little is understood about how the girls at their tender age, and with limited experiences, manage to arrive in the city. Knowledge of how they are linked to employers is also inadequate. Drawing on the migration network theory, the article explores the means employed by the young female domestic workers to get to the city and to get linked to different employers in the city. It reveals support from parents, relatives, drivers, conductors and brokers as central modes of getting to the city and unveils informal employment agencies and brokers as significant means through which they get connected to different employers. The author recommends prompt measures to curb different means of trafficking and employing the young girls as domestic workers which violate their rights.

Female Domestic Workers, Employment Agencies, Brokers, Employers, Labour Movement

Kerega, P. (2019) Exploration of the Means of Getting to the City and Getting Employed among Young Female Domestic Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7, 95-144. doi: 10.4236/jss.2019.74009.