All news: domestic workers

Marking the International Domestic workers Day June 16th 2017 in Tanzania

More than 70 representatives to adopt a joint action plan to advance ratification of ILO convention 189 on Decent work for domestic workers

ILO-JALA PRT to launch the compilation of Indonesian domestic workers’ legal cases

For more than seven years, Marni Siti* (name has been changed), 22 years old, was kept as prisoner in the home of her employer who regularly violently abused and deprived her of food, sleep and payment for long hours of grueling work. She finally...

Recognizing domestic workers as workers through skills development and employment contract

The ILO through its Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers (PROMOTE) Project has been promoting decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour through skills training programme and standardized certification as...

Formation of a Domestic Workers Cooperative in Guyana

ILO and Red Thread to conduct Sensitization Workshop on the formation of a domestic workers’ cooperative in Guyana

Recognizing the rights of domestic workers through employment contract

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has been promoting the use of Standard Contracts for Domestic Work around the world as a concrete and practical means to providing better working conditions to domestic workers as well as recognizing their...

FENASOL supports ILO outreach to employers of domestic workers in Lebanon

Lebanese trade unionists meet to discuss strategies for engagement with employers of domestic workers

No call to go unanswered – A unique initiative for domestic workers

A toll free number has been piloted to record grievances among domestic workers. This unique platform enables a two-way communication between domestic workers and their representative organizations.

Protection of domestic workers

Improving domestic workers’ job quality and standards

When learning that she passed the certification examination by the Profession Certification Agency, Misni, a domestic worker from Pandanwangi, East Java, could not hide her excitement. After more than 14 years working as domestic worker, she has...

Ministerial meeting of Abu Dhabi Dialogue adopts Declaration that refers to ILO principles and guidelines for fair migration

The fourth ministerial meeting of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue concluded with a Declaration on migrant workers or ‘temporary contract workers’ by delegations of eighteen member countries from Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

ILO’s Asia Pacific labour conference agrees to enhance labour migration governance in the interrelated regions of Asia and the Arab States

The meeting discussed issues affecting employment and the world of work in the Asia, Pacific and Arab States including labour migration.

Overworked and undervalued: New ILO studies find discrimination against women migrant workers in construction and domestic work in Thailand

ILO to launch reports on experiences of women migrant workers in Thailand and Malaysia

Ahead of International Migrants Day (18 December), the ILO will hold a launch event for two new reports.

Formalizing Domestic Work

New strategies to reduce informality in domestic work

A new ILO report calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.

Formalizing informal employment of domestic workers through cooperatives in Trinidad & Tobago

Media award

ILO-AJI Jakarta Awarded Journalists on Domestic Workers and Child Domestic Workers

The ILO and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jakarta conducted a media award for best reportage on the protection of domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour in Indonesia on 23 November in Jakarta.

New ILO study

New ILO report presents good practices in labour migration governance for domestic workers

ILO report calls for greater cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination.

A new report & documentary reveal excessive agency fees being charged to domestic workers in HK, China

The report highlights how to protect workers’ rights, government agencies in both territories struggle to adequately protect domestic workers from unscrupulous agents.

Launch of skills training initiative for domestic workers: Improving domestic workers’ job quality and standards

Domestic work is an important occupation in many economies worldwide but it remains unrecognised as “work’’ and virtually invisible form of employment in many countries. It is also generally seen as unskilled work, a natural extension of women’s...

ILO Study: Employers’ perspectives on domestic workers cast light on violations of workers’ rights

The ILO and the American University of Beirut (AUB) launch the second of two studies titled ‘Intertwined’ on migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.

ILO launches new fair migration project for the Middle East

The project will promote fair migration and address forced labour and trafficking, focusing on the domestic and construction work sectors.