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Recognizing the rights of domestic workers

Domestic workers are one of the groups most vulnerable to exploitation, violence, harassment, and forced labour. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition reminds us that many women end up being trapped in abusive...

Fair recruitment

ILO and POEA launch nationwide anti-illegal recruitment campaign in the Philippines

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), with the support of the ILO, has launched a campaign to prevent illegal recruitment of migrant domestic workers.

Why we need to recognize migrant domestic workers’ contribution to our economies

Op-ed by Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, Assistant Director-General of the International Labour Organization and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Our impact, their voices

Poverty leads children from Madagascar to work in dangerous conditions

World Day Against Child Labour focuses this year on hazardous child labour and safe work for youth of legal working age. Almost half of the 152 million victims of child labour – 73 million – toil in hazardous work. In Madagascar, children in child...

Child labour

Under age, under protected and undervalued, the grim situation of Myanmar domestic workers

A large number of children and young girls work as domestic workers in Myanmar, excluded from legal protection, and stigmatized by society. Myanmar has been rocked in recent years by cases of extreme abuse, but discussions on how to improve their...

Our impact, their voices

“Change starts in your mind”: How Tsehay Berhane found an alternative to migration

Migrants – mostly women – account for more than 80 per cent of domestic workers in the Arab states, which is the highest percentage globally.

Protection of domestic workers

Indonesian performer, Super Emak, to promote decent work for domestic workers

An Indonesian performer, presenter and dangdut artist who is also known as Super Emak (Super Mom in English) was taking part in the ILO’s campaign on the promotion of decent work for domestic workers. Before at least 100 homemakers from the...

Jordanian youth join the My Fair Home youth advocacy network for domestic worker rights

The ILO FAIRWAY project is supporting youth in the Arab States to become change makers for migrant domestic workers’ rights in their communities.

We Have the Same Right Campaign for Domestic Workers

Promoting rights of domestic workers to women community groups

Around 100 homemakers from women community groups in South Jakarta participated in the interactive screening and informative sessions of the ILO’s ‘We Have the Same Right’ Campaign, aimed to promote decent work for domestic workers.

Domestic Work

Reforming the migrant domestic work sector in the Arab region vital to welfare of both workers and employers – ILO report

An ILO White Paper outlines policy recommendations to reform the migrant domestic work sector and establish a professionalized and high-quality care economy in the region.

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago moving toward enhancing sustainability of their cooperative

The ILO partnered with the Service Workers Centre Cooperative Society (SWCC) in Trinidad and Tobago to organize a workshop to discuss concrete steps toward enhancing the sustainability of the cooperative.

We Have the Same Right Campaign for Domestic Workers

Promoting labour rights of domestic workers through movies

The ILO conducts an innovative campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers. Through a series of short movies, the ILO organizes a campaign to encourage employers of workers to uphold the rights of domestic workers in their own homes.

Recognizing domestic workers as workers in Malang

Domestic workers represent the single largest group of female salaried workers contributing to the households of others in their own country or abroad. To date, the ILO, based on the data from the Statistics-Indonesia (BPS), estimates that there...

Promoting decent work for domestic workers in Makassar

Awareness raising is one of the important actions to change the way the public perceive domestic workers. The lLO is launching 'We Have the Same Right"campaign in Makassar, South Sulawesi

Launched, “We have the same right” campaign in Lampung to promote decent work for domestic workers

A campaign to improve the working conditions of domestic workers in Indonesia titled “We Have the Same Right” by reaching out to their employers and the public at large will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bandar...

ILO to launch “We have the same right” campaign in three cities

The ‘We Have the Same Right’ Campaign focuses on the employers of domestic workers – encouraging them to uphold the rights of domestic workers in their own homes. The Campaign will be launched in three cities: Lampung, Makassar and Malang.

Domestic work

Convention No. 189 on domestic workers ratified by Brazil

Brazil promotes decent work for an estimated 7 million domestic workers.

Realizing decent work for domestic workers in Asia region

Domestic workers organizations, trade unionists and relevant representatives from 11 Asian countries will attend the three-day Regional Meeting, aimed to share good and promising practices, examine lessons learned and develop future activities in...

ILO hosts information session on rights and responsibilities of employers of domestic workers in Lebanon

Through outreach programmes, employees in the private sector take part in the My Fair Home campaign to change attitude and practice towards domestic workers in Lebanon.

10th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

ILO welcomes ASEAN forum recommendations to ensure labour rights protection to domestic workers

10th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML), held in Manila, concluded with adoption of a strong set of recommendations that recognize domestic workers as workers in ASEAN.