Publications on labour migration

January 2017

  1. Publication

    Catalogue of ILO Resources on Domestic Work

    27 January 2017

December 2016

  1. Publication

    General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment

    01 December 2016

    The objective of these General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment is to inform the current and future work of the ILO and of other organizations, national legislatures, and the social partners on promoting and ensuring fair recruitment. These principles and guidelines are derived from a number of sources, including international labour standards and ILO instruments among others.

July 2016

  1. MDW Information Guide

    Information Guide for Domestic Workers in Zimbabwe

    22 July 2016

    As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, this information guide has been created for domestic workers in Zimbabwe.

  2. MDW Information Guide

    Information Guide for Zimbabwe Migrant Domestic Workers in South Africa

    22 July 2016

    As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, partners have created an information guide for workers emigrating to South Africa.

April 2016

  1. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.

    ILO Inter-Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum: Fair Migration agenda for migrant domestic workers in Africa, Arab States and Asia

    07 April 2016

    ILO Inter-Regional Knowledge Sharing Forum: Good practices and lessons learned on promoting international cooperation and partnerships to realize a fair migration agenda for migrant domestic workers in Africa, the Arab States and Asia

September 2015

  1. Publication

    Ukraine Migrant Domestic Worker Q&A leaflet

    01 September 2015

    As part of the GAP-MDW Ukraine-Poland Corridor project, partners have created an "information passport" and complementary Q&A leaflet for Ukrainian domestic workers emigrating to Poland.

  2. MDW Information Passport

    Ukraine Migrant Domestic Worker "Information Passport"

    01 September 2015

    As part of the GAP-MDW Ukraine-Poland Corridor project, partners have created an "information passport" and complementary Q&A leaflet for Ukrainian domestic workers emigrating to Poland.

June 2015

  1. Publication

    Indispensable yet unprotected: Working conditions of Indian Domestic Workers at Home and Abroad

    25 June 2015

    This study aims to provide policy-makers and service providers with deeper insight into the nature of forced labour and trafficking in this region. Armed with this knowledge, action to combat trafficking in the region will become more effective, finally bringing an end to this unacceptable form of human exploitation.

March 2015

  1. Brochure

    The Fair recruitment initiative

    30 March 2015

    Fostering Fair Recruitment Practices, Preventing Human Trafficking and Reducing the Costs of Labour Migration

February 2015

  1. Discussion paper

    Promoting decent work for migrant workers

    13 February 2015

    Migration today is linked, directly or indirectly, to the world of work and the quest for decent work opportunities. As a result, there can be no discussion of international migration in the future global agenda on sustainable development without consideration of decent work. This paper proposes a number of indicators to measure target 8.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals on “protecting labour rights and promoting safe and secure working environments of all workers, including migrant workers, particularly women migrants, and those in precarious employment”.