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We at the National Domestic Workers' Movement (NDWM) believe that domestic workers should be able to express their needs and goals in their own words. Therefore, Domestic Workers are present at all levels of leadership. Plans and priorities stem from local groups and domestic workers are involved in the decision-making.

  Staff

  Governing Board
 

  Names of Members of the Core Team
 

Fr. Felix D'Souza	Ms. Virgil D'Sami	Sr. Lissy Joseph	Sr. Maggie Fernandes	Sr. Christin Mary
Sr. Sally Michael	Fr. Eugene Pereira	Sr. Jeanne Devos	Ms. Anjali Shukla	Sr. Teresa Joseph

The Core Team animates, trains, co-ordinates and support the regional co-ordinators in the Movement.

  About Sr. Jeanne Devos (www.zusterjeannedevos.org)

Jeanne Devos ICM left Belgium in 1963 with a strong desire to work with and for the most exploited and marginalized. She first started work with hearing impaired in Chennai. In 1966 Jeanne started a student’s movement (YCS/YSM) with the aim of linking students to the underprivileged. The students' movement transformed into YSMD (Student Movement for Development) and was actively involved in the cyclone of Orissa in 1971. Some of the volunteers remained after the relief service and started Gram Vikas in Orissa - today one of the biggest NGOs in India focussing on peoples participation and ownership.

Later on, Jeanne focused more on groups of sex workers and domestic workers trying to give them a voice and listen to their experience as expressed by them.

In 1985, Jeanne started different groups in Mumbai and Chennai so as to organise domestic workers and child domestic workers. To date, it requires her to co-ordinate more than 23 states across India. Networking with organisations within and outside India is also a primary function of hers.