All ILO Newsroom content

June 2013

1. 

   © S.Sekhri / The Times Of India 2013

   World Day Against Child Labour 2013

   Ten million child labourers in domestic work

   12 June 2013

   To mark World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO publishes a report outlining the abuses suffered by millions of children working in family homes.

2. 

   World Day Against Child Labour

   Malawi: Finding solutions for child domestic workers

   12 June 2013

   Millions of children around the world, mainly girls, are working in households other than their own, doing domestic work such as cleaning, ironing, cooking and looking after other children and the elderly. According to a new report on domestic work from the International Labour Organization, it's estimated at least two-thirds of these children are working under the legal minimum wage, or in conditions that are hazardous. Often, the working relationship between the child and their employer is ambiguous at best, exploitative at worst. But solutions are possible, even in a place where using children as domestic workers is a long tradition.

3. 

   World Day Against Child Labour 2013

   From classroom to college – A champion for child workers

   12 June 2013

   When Farzana Hassan began teaching a handful of child labourers at an ILO project in Pakistan, she never imagined that, years later, she would have turned her classroom into a fully-fledged college for girls.

April 2013

1. 

   © Adam Jones / Flickr 2013

   Working conditions

   Momentum grows for domestic workers legislation

   02 April 2013

   A constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for domestic workers in Brazil comes into force on 2 April. Several countries have now passed legislation protecting domestic workers – evidence that the momentum sparked by the ILO Convention on domestic workers is growing.

January 2013

1. 

   Labour standards

   Domestic workers deserve a better deal

   15 January 2013

   Op-ed by Malte Luebker, ILO Senior Regional Wage Specialist, published in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on 12 January 2013.

2. 

   Domestic workers

   Uniting on the home front

   11 January 2013

   Against all the odds, domestic workers around the world have joined forces to push for better working conditions.

3. 

   Video interview

   Domestic workers still experience poor legal protection, the ILO warns

   09 January 2013

   ILO's Martin Oelz, Legal Specialist on Working Conditions, presents the key findings of a new ILO report - Domestic workers across the world - which follows the adoption, in June 2011, of the ILO Convention and Recommendation on domestic work.

4. 

   Working conditions

   Longest, most unpredictable hours – the plight of the domestic worker

   09 January 2013

   Despite legislation limiting working time in most countries, domestic workers are amongst the least protected and suffer health issues as a result.

5. 

   New survey

   More than 52 million domestic workers worldwide

   09 January 2013

   Millions of domestic workers around the world remain excluded from protection enjoyed by other workers, says a new ILO report.

6. 

   Migrant workers

   Fighting forced labour with education

   04 January 2013

   Nepalese women migrating as domestic workers often risk falling prey to human trafficking. A little knowledge can go a long way towards reducing their vulnerability.