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ILO supports initiatives of Indonesian Manpower Minister to prevent violence and harassment at work

As part of the ILO commitment to create a world of work that is free from violence and harassment as mandated by the ILO’s Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment, the ILO supports the establishment of the Equality Task Force and Prevention on...

Child labour

Launch of badge for prevention and elimination of child domestic labour

ILO Office, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and Pakistan Girls Guide Association launched the Badge to prevent and eliminate child domestic labour in Pakistan

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The ILO’s public campaign encourages workers to speak up against harassment and violence at work

The ILO and the Never Okay Project are conducting a series of campaigns to raise awareness and encourage a social movement against harassment and violence at work.

ILO Voices | Domestic workers

I am fighting against abusive domestic work

Myriam Raharilantosoa became a defender of Malagasy migrant domestic workers after finding out about the abuse suffered by her daughter at the hands of employers in Lebanon.

ILO, Quezon City partner for first migrant workers' one-stop shop in Metro Manila

The ILO and the local government of Quezon City collaborate for a gender-responsive Migrant Worker Resource Centre, the first in Metro Manila operated by the local government in collaboration with civil society, Overseas Filipino Workers/family...

Message at the partnership signing of the Migrant Resource Centre in Quezon City

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ceremonial signing on the partnership on strengthening and institutionalizing a gender-responsive Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), help desks and services for migrant workers...

ILO organizes “Dissemination Workshop on Gap Assessment Study on C-189” (Domestic Workers)

ILO concluded a dissemination workshop in Islamabad on the “Gap Assessment Study on Convention 189” (Domestic Workers) to educate stakeholders on the identified legal gaps, share recommendations, and chalk out an advocacy plan of actions for...

Mulu Tesfa Domestic Workers Association organized sensitization training on Convention 189 for domestic workers in Ethiopia collaborating...

FAIRWAY in Ethiopia is partnering with Mulu Tesfa Domestic Workers Association, the sole affiliate of IDWF in Ethiopia, with the aim of strengthening associations' capacity to organize and protect rights of domestic workers including returnee...

Statement by ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific to mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, the Regional Director, ILO Asia Pacific, met with grassroot organisers of SEWA union in Delhi. Supported by ILO’s Work in Freedom programme in India since 2014, SEWA organisers provided an overview of work done, COVID-19’s...

Regional Director meets trade union leaders empowered to 'work in freedom'

Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and Pacific, met the women working with the Work in Freedom programme, who shared their struggles and victories from the COVID-19 pandemic

Op-ed

Domestic workers should be entitled to social protection too

Jointly written by Ms Geraldine Ansart, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Thailand, Mr Graeme Buckley, Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Thailand, Cambodia, and Lao People’s...

Following the Americas Summit Declaration on migration, ILO reaffirms its commitment to strengthening labour migration governance in the...

ILO principles are reflected in the Summit declaration and new US guidance on temporary migrant workers

The New Youth Employment Report is out!

By its message of “Let’s Pay Dues to Domestic Workers”, ILO Office for Türkiye calls support for ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention

At the event of 23 June 2022 at Beyoğlu Cinema Museum in Istanbul, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Türkiye drew attention to domestic workers’ problems and quest for rights, and called support for ILO’s Domestic Workers...

Employers’ organisations pledge to improve working conditions for domestic workers in India

All India Organisation of Employers (AIOE) and the Employers Federation of India (EFI) adopt Voluntary Pledge to promote decent work for domestic workers in India

International Domestic Workers Day

Only six per cent of domestic workers have comprehensive social protection, says ILO

Domestic workers make an important contribution to society, providing vital care for families and households, but they remain undervalued.

Op-ed

It’s time to give domestic workers across Asia and the Pacific the rights they deserve

With few rights and little social protection, domestic workers were often cast aside during the COVID-19 pandemic to fend for themselves. On International Domestic Workers Day, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, the International Labour Organization’s...

ILO Voices | Domestic workers

Domestic workers need social protection too

What motivates someone to advocate for workers’ rights? Meet Champa, head of a network of migrant domestic workers, who lives and works in Thailand.

Employers’ organisations pledge to improve working conditions for domestic workers in India

All India Organisation of Employers (AIOE) and the Employers Federation of India (EFI) adopt Voluntary Pledge to promote decent work for domestic workers in India

Domestic workers in Jamaica receive entrepreneurship grants from the ILO-Ministry partnership

The specific aim of the collaboration is to foster the participation of female domestic workers in formal entrepreneurial activities that generate additional income to supplement their livelihoods and ultimately, reduce their economic vulnerability.