All publications: domestic workers

Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in an Irregular Situation

Study of undcoumented Migrant Domestic Worker vulnerability to abuse and exploitation.

Report - Trade Union Regional Workshop on Capacity Building of Domestic Workers Organizations and Elimination of Child Domestic Labour;...

Organized by the PROMOTE Project ILO Jakarta and ILO Regional Office for Asia Pacific - Bangkok. Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 58

The Long Journey Home: The Contested Exclusion and Inclusion of Domestic Workers from Federal Wage and Hour Protections in the United...

Fair recruitment initiative: Working paper no. 2

Executive summary: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

Indigenous peoples in domestic work – Facing multiple discrimination and disadvantage

As the ILO implements its strategy on domestic work, collaborating with national constituents and other stakeholders around the world, the Office has identified many policy questions of concern to constituents. In response, the Office has combined...

Tripartite action to protect migrants within and from the GMS from labour exploitation (Final Evaluation Summary)

Projects: RAS/10/01/AUS - Chantelle McCabe

Brief

Protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers

This brief on protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers reflects good practices and lessons learned from the Arab Region on the subject.

Leaflet of the photos exhibition

"No one should work this way" preventing the abuse of domestic workers

Leaflet of the exhibition of photos taken by the renowned photographer Steve McCurry of abused domestic workers.

Indispensable yet unprotected: Working conditions of Indian Domestic Workers at Home and Abroad

This study aims to provide policy-makers and service providers with deeper insight into the nature of forced labour and trafficking in this region. Armed with this knowledge, action to combat trafficking in the region will become more effective,...

Fair recruitment initiative

For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

This working paper aims to shed light on the business models of labour recruiters that facilitate the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon.

Fact sheet

Labour Migration Highlights No. 3

Policy brief

The growing trend of Vietnamese migrant domestic workers

This policy brief looks at the growing trend of Vietnamese domestic workers who go abroad for jobs and includes recommendations to ensure that they are protected by minimum entitlements.

Synopsis of Nine Stories of Our Friendship with Domestic Workers: From Youth to Youth Programme (Teman Remaja Teman Setara)

Teman Remaja Teman Setara (From Youth to Youth) is an educational programme providing scholarships on video diary and photo story workshops and production for youth as part of the effort to promote decent work for domestic workers through their...

Code of conducts for protecting the domestic workers and eliminating the child domestic workers (in Bahasa Indonesia)

The preparation of the Code departs from a common desire of APPSI and all members to provide protection to child domestic workers and eliminate child labour under the age of 18 years working in the household sector. The Code applies to all members...

International standards related to domestic workers and women migrant workers

The GMS TRIANGLE project in Cambodia is collaborating with UNWOMEN to work with MOLVT towards ratification of ILO Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 on Domestic Workers. Two initial technical working group meetings have been held with tripartite...

Infographics - Meet Noi, Boupha and Siriporn

They are domestic workers. They cook, clean, care for children and pets, and keep the house in order, but their experiences are very different.

Development of a tripartite framework for the support and protection of Ethiopian and Somali women domestic migrant workers to the GCC...

Project RAF/12/09/EEC - Consultant: Dr. Oladele Arowolo

The right to rest for domestic workers - setting a floor

Improving the governance and protection mechanisms for labour migration in the Middle East & Advocacy Strategy on ILO’s Domestic Workers...

Project RAB/12/05/SDC & RAB/12/01/SDC - Evaluation consultant: Pierre Mahy

Women and the Future of Work – Taking care of the caregivers

Over the last 20 years, important achievements have been made with regards to gender equality in the world of work. At least 50% of the world’s women are in paid wage and salary employment – an increase of 10% since the 1990s. In 2014, women held...