Vaishalee Mishra, Author at Women's eNews

Diplomats May Often Fail to Pay Household Staff

By Vaishalee Mishra ● Employment ● July 27, 2001

Behind locked doors and formal facades of diplomatic missions, at least 4,000 household workers on special visas are underpaid, overworked, intimidated and sometimes physically abused. If they leave their employers, they lose their visas.

Women Lawyers Still Fighting for Equity

By Vaishalee Mishra ● Uncategorized ● July 19, 2001

Women lawyers earn less than men, lack access to crucial informal networks and influential clients, lag far behind men in appointments to firm partnerships and find their professional commitment questioned when they try to balance career and family.

Immigrants Who Charged Sex Abuse Fight Deportation

By Vaishalee Mishra ● Politics ● July 2, 2001

A Canadian and a Nicaraguan woman who claim they were sexually abused, harassed and threatened in government detention are fighting deportation. A new law–yet to be implemented–would permit them to stay until their charges are heard.

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Diplomats May Often Fail to Pay Household Staff

Women Lawyers Still Fighting for Equity

Immigrants Who Charged Sex Abuse Fight Deportation