All publications: domestic workers

The Implications of Work Related Vulnerabilities of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

The research explores major challenges and risks Ethiopian MDWs face during the recruitment process and employment, on their mental health.

Improving social protection for Ethiopian migrant domestic workers

Improving social protection for Ethiopian migrant domestic workers: Basic data and facts

Global action programme on migrant domestic workers and their families - Evaluation Summary

Evaluation consultant: Dr. Una Murray

Presentation: Fair Recruitment Modalities - An ILO Perspective

Compilation of regulations and references on domestic workers: Pocket book (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Contains regulations, ILO Convention, decrees of the Minister of Manpower, infographics and useful references on domestic workers.

Prevention and elimination of child domestic child domestic workers at school: Guidelines for educators (in Bahasa Indonesia)

It is important for educators to understand the issue of child domestic workers because of the role of educators in schools which is expected to prevent students dropping out of school and working as domestic workers.

Worker, helper, auntie, maid? : Working conditions and attitudes experienced by migrant domestic workers in Thailand and Malaysia

High rise, low pay: Experiences of migrant women in the Thai construction sector

Info-graphic

Factsheet on domestic work in Thailand and the Asia and Pacific Region

This publication presents the info-graphic for the working conditions and attitudes experienced by women migrant domestic workers in Thailand and Malaysia.

Formalizing domestic work

Many countries around the world are at the onset of a care crisis: with the ageing of the population, and continually increasing rates of female labour participation, families are increasingly turning to domestic workers to care for their homes,...

Policies to formalize paid domestic work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Domestic work is one of the occupations most affected by informality in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is estimated that around 18 million people are engaged in domestic work in the region, of which 77.5% are in the informal economy.

Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families

Decent work for migrant domestic workers: Moving the agenda forward

This report is part of a broader ILO strategy to promote Decent Work for Domestic Workers. It builds on knowledge generated in the context of the European Union-funded Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (2013–2016).

Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

Skills development and recognition for domestic workers across borders

Domestic work is an increasingly diverse sector with a varied and globalized workforce that is often viewed as unskilled. The similarity between paid domestic work and the unpaid work performed by women in their own homes has led to the...

Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

Promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in transit: The case of Ethiopian women migrants

In the absence of a definition in international law and policy, transit migration is often described as migration to one country with the intention of seeking the possibility there to emigrate to another and final country of destination. It is often...

A study of the Employers of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon: Intertwined

The study focuses on the critical role of employers in recruiting and managing the employment relationship within the current normative framework of Lebanon.

A study of the Working and Living Conditions of MDWs in Lebanon: “Intertwined: the workers’ side“

This report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides a general picture of the living and work conditions of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.

‘Basic English and Arabic words for Housekeeping trade: Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ – Students booklet

Students booklet for a language course to teach migrants who will take up domestic work basic vocabulary in English and Arabic

Basic English and Arabic words for Housekeeping trade: Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers’ – Instructors manual

Instructors manual for a language course to teach migrants who will take up domestic work basic vocabulary in English and Arabic

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 79

Initial effects of Constitutional Amendment 72 on domestic work in Brazil

Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

Migrant Domestic Workers, Health and HIV

Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report .