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Interview

10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?

Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...

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Indonesia reviews the ratification of the ILO’s Convention on workplace violence and harassment

As the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment is coming into force, the UN Indonesia, ILO and their partners examines challenges and opportunities of the ratification this Convention.

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Norway ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

Norway becomes the 33rd ILO member State to ratify this Convention

Grand Opening: Zimbabwe’s Domestic Workers Training Centre

Mendy Lerato Lusaba, founder of the Domestic Workers Association of Zimbabwe and winner of the 2020 ILO Skills Innovation Challenge, realizes her dream of opening a training centre.

Violence and Harassment Convention

First international treaty to address violence and harassment comes into force

The International Labour Organization is to launch a global campaign to promote ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention.

Domestic Workers' Day

Legal protection is urgently needed to protect domestic workers

Domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse. Indonesian domestic workers continue their fight to realize the domestic workers’ law.

ILO’s New Report on Domestic Work Calls for Creating More Social Protection and Secure Employment for Domestic Workers

The report prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey emphasizes that domestic workers, who are mostly women and work in informal employment, need to be included in more social protection and secure employment in the...

ILO Convention for protecting domestic workers’ rights turns 10 yet inequalities persist

Decent work has not yet become a reality for many domestic workers but a new ILO Project in Jamaica seeks to assist them in enjoying the same legal rights as formally employed workers.

Media advisory

Making Decent Work a reality for Domestic Workers

International Domestic Workers Day 2021. 10 years since adoption of ILO C189. Inclusion in labour laws.

Domestic Workers Convention marks its 10th anniversary

ILO Caribbean Office Director's message to mark the milestone and support decent work for domestic workers

Op-ed

A decade of decent work for domestic workers; are we making (enough of) a difference?

Ten years on from the adoption of ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, much more needs to be done to recognize the rights and improve working conditions for domestic workers writes Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional...

Domestic work – Convention C189

Ten years on, domestic workers still fight for equality and decent work

On the tenth anniversary of the Domestic Workers’ Convention, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed continued vulnerabilities of domestic workers in the labour market.

Domestic work – Convention C189

10 years on, domestic workers still fight for equality and decent work

On the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers’ Convention, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed continued vulnerabilities of domestic workers in the labour market.

Domestic Workers' Day 2021

Informality and exclusion from labour laws remain barriers to decent work for Asia Pacific domestic workers

Ten years after international convention, domestic workers still fight to be recognized as workers and essential service providers, says the ILO

International Domestic Workers Day

Covered by labour laws, Viet Nam’s domestic workers need actual protection

Ten years after international convention, domestic workers in the world still fight to be recognized as workers and essential service providers. Although Viet Nam stands out in the region because domestic workers are covered by labour laws, the...

FAIRWAY celebrates 10 years since the adoption of the Domestic Workers’ Convention (189)

While significant progress has been made to promote domestic workers’ rights in the Arab States, important challenges remain, and overcoming these is part of FAIRWAY’s ongoing efforts in policy reform and capacity building.

InfoStories

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers

Domestic workers provide essential services to millions of households around the world. They are also vital to the care economy. What progress has been made in improving their protection?

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ILO to launch global report on domestic workers

ILO response to a paper in 'Frontiers in Public Health' journal

On 17 May 2021, a paper published in this journal about the ILO's Work in Freedom (WIF) programme misrepresents facts and draws conclusions based on insufficient evidence. Here are the observations from the ILO.

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Malta ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

Malta becomes the 32nd ILO member State to ratify Convention No. 189