Peer support network for domestic workers in S’pore grows as mental health stigma persists

SINGAPORE – Despite being hit by her employer and left with bruises, a distressed domestic worker did not dare alert the authorities and only confided in a fellow Filipino helper.

Though Catherine Gonzaga Suarez could not persuade the battered helper to seek formal help, she checked on her emotional state till the latter was sent home two weeks later.

Suarez encountered the case this year while volunteering with the Care Sisters, a peer support network that reaches out to migrant domestic workers to provide mental well-being support.

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