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Domestic workers: Facts and figures
Type: Fact sheet
Date issued: 07 March 2013

Domestic workers: Facts and figures
  • At least 52 million are employed as domestic workers worldwide.
  • 83 per cent are women, accounting for at least 7.5 per cent of women's wage employment.
  • 29.9 per cent are excluded from the scope of national labour legislation.
  • 45 per cent have no entitlement to weekly rest day.
  • More than a third of women domestic workers have no right to maternity leave.

Tags: domestic workers

Regions and countries covered: Global

Unit responsible: Communication and Public Information
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