All events: domestic workers
Global conference
15 years of advancing decent work for domestic workers
Marking the 15th anniversary of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189), this global tripartite conference, organized by the ILO, the Social Security Association (ISSA) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)...
ILO Live
High-Level Event to promote the ratification of the 1986 Instrument of Amendment of the ILO Constitution
114th Session of the International Labour Conference
ILO Live
Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum: Delivering the political declaration through collaboration and action
ILO at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025
Research Webinar
Temporary Labour Migration in Europe
This webinar will present findings from the ERC-funded project 'European Birds of Passage', which examines how EU and national laws shape the rights and perceptions of temporary migrant workers. The discussion will connect the project’s insights...
18th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
Accelerating Actions Towards Sustainable Development Goals on Safe Migration and Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN
The 18th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour will be hosted on 9-10 September 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by the Government of Malaysia as the chair of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers.
16 June 2025
Domestic workers’ day 2025
Multi-stakeholder workshop
Implementation of gender responsiveness fair recruitment and inspection to improve the protection of Indonesian migrant workers
Kick off for subnational level training programme
Labour standards
ILO, DMW tackle protecting domestic workers and ending workplace violence
During her visit to the Philippines, ILO Assistant Director-General Manuela addressed a forum on protecting the rights of domestic workers and ending violence and harassment in the workplace.
A CSIS and ILO Event
Defending the Caregivers: The Care Economy and Gender-Based Violence and Harassment
Stakeholder meetings to map welfare schemes and their accessibility among domestic workers done in Bihar
The findings of this exercise will inform programmatic and policy measures to formalize the domestic work sector in the state of Bihar.
17th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
Care Work and Labour Migration in ASEAN
The 17th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour will be hosted on 13-14 November 2024 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, by the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic as the current chair of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers.
Webinar: Working in Freedom, Mobility with Choice!
The global webinar, jointly organised by ILO’s Work in Freedom programme and the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) to mark International Day Against Trafficking, will address the challenges and progress in protecting migrant domestic...
16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
“Enhancing the effectiveness of legal pathways for labour migration in ASEAN”
As the 2023 ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers Chair, Indonesia organizes the 16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour from 25-26 October 2023 in Jakarta,...
Training on Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers
The ILO through the BRMM, FAIRWAY and JLMP LEAD projects, is organizing a regional training to build the capacity of stakeholders in extending social protection for migrant workers.
Workshop on the Rights of Domestic Workers
The half-day workshop was organised in collaboration with the Labour Department of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Migrant workers
Report launch: Skilled to care, forced to work?
Training on identifying cases of forced labour of migrant workers in Kuwait supports government officials and company representatives to...
Between 13-15 March 2023, the ILO organized a three-day training on forced labour and trafficking in persons for staff of the labour inspectorate, the labour relations department, the domestic workers department, the shelter (for victims of labour...
Ibero-American Symposium: Making domestic work a decent work
This high level opening panel kicks-off the Ibero-American Symposium on Domestic Work and Care. Ministers of Latin America will share their experiences in making domestic and care work decent work.
Webinar: Dynamics of paid and unpaid domestic work in urban India
Webinar on the Dynamics of Paid and Unpaid Domestic Work in India – presentation of key findings of an ILO-IIHS study of employers in Bengaluru and Chennai followed by Q&A.
15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
“Resumption of Labour Migration and Regional Cooperation”