About CDWCR

The Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers' and Caregivers' Rights — empowering care workers since 1992.

Our Vision

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✊ Justice & Equality

We foster justice, equality, and empowerment for all workers.

💛 Human Rights

We value and promote human rights for everyone.

🌱 Respect

We respect and value the work of care workers and temporary foreign workers.

⭐ Inspiration

We inspire and uplift our members and the broader community.

Mission Statement

CDWCR mission
  • 📖 Educate caregivers and care workers by giving them current and updated information
  • 🤝 Provide peer counselling, support, and outreach
  • 📢 Influence policy makers through advocacy, partnership, and lobbying work
  • 🏠 Seek to improve living and working conditions and safe environments
  • 🔗 Provide socialization and networking opportunities
  • 🌱 Aim to attain sustainability and self-sufficiency

Guiding Principles

Guiding principles

🌍 Inclusive

Welcoming of all — different orientations, diverse ideas.

🚫 Anti-Discrimination

Anti-oppression, non-judgemental in all we do.

🌟 Respectful

We value the dignity of all care workers.

💡 Innovative

Seeking new ways to serve our community effectively.

🔒 Confidentiality

Protecting the privacy of the people we serve.

🗳️ Accountable

Accountable to our members, funders, and community.

Our Mandate

Peer Counselling

Provide assistance in immigration, employment, human rights, social services, and more.

Assist Care Workers

Provide information, education, networking, and other activities to support workers.

Advocacy

Improve living and working conditions by lobbying and liaising with all levels of government.

Public Information

Provide public awareness of and support for the rights of care workers.

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Be part of the community

Membership is open to domestic workers, former domestic workers, and community advocates. Just $5/year.

Become a Member