What does FDW stand for?

Foreign Domestic Worker

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Fleetwood Digital Video Technology Corp. Family and Domestic Violence Unit (Australia) Forvaltning, Drift, Vedlikehold Utvikling (Norwegian: Manager, Operations, Maintenance, Development and Service) Family Doctor Week (American Medical Association) Fashion Door & Window (Grand Prairie, TX) Federated Data Warehouse First Day of Work Flashing Don't Walk (traffic signals, transportation engineering) Florida Dance Workshop (Port Charlotte, Florida) Foreign Data Wrapper (computing)		Friends of Doctor Who (official fan club) Furniture Discount Warehouse (Crystal Lake, IL) Fisheries Department of Western Australia (Australia) Food, Dairy, Water and Environmental Laboratory Service Network (Health Protection Agency; UK) Fractional Delay Waveguide Filter (acoustics) Foreign Domestic Worker Levy (Singapore) Fenland District Wide Local Plan (UK) Federated Democratic Women of Ohio (political organization) Fortgeschrittenen Druckwasserreaktors (German) Folkestone and Dover Water Services Ltd. (UK)

Samples in periodicals archive:

The DFA said the victims usually end up working illegally since the Iranian government does not allow foreign domestic workers.

Department warns maids against working illegally in Iran

The group urged the Lebanese to put on their agenda in the run-up to the election the need to end impunity for human rights violators, to respect the rights of women, and especially foreign domestic workers, and to abolish the death penalty.

Lebanon vote a chance to 'improve rights record'

Adib Alam has allegedly used the business he owned, which managed foreign domestic workers, as a cover for intelligence work.

Authorities arrest third suspect on suspicion of spying for Israel

Saad Al-Baddah of the NCR said foreign domestic workers would be allowed to enter Saudi Arabia effective Jan.

Enforcement of new recruitment rules delayed

After interviewing 86 foreign domestic workers, HRW concluded that 36 faced abuses that amounted to forced labour, trafficking, or slavery-like conditions.

Human rights: Saudis treat domestic staff like 'virtual slaves'

Sadly, foreign domestic workers are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, especially those who work for foreign diplomats.

Northwest Voices; A sampling of readers' letters, faxes and e-mails

8) Because of their worldwide distribution and their noticeable presence in Westernized households, foreign domestic workers from the Philippines have experienced both an extraordinary amount of scholarly and advocacy attention and the emergence of some self-identity as a group.

Internationalizing working-class history since the 1970s: challenges ...

A maid in Singapore is what is officially termed a Foreign Domestic Worker or a domestic helper or nanny.

How to Choose the Right Singapore Maid Agency and Get the Right Maid ...