According to a recent report, worldwide, an estimated 11.5 million people, 75% of whom are women, earn their living as migrant domestic workers. They often do not have access to social protection and labour rights, and are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

Since 2013, a Global Action Programme, led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with support from the European Commission, seeks to promote the human and labour rights of migrant domestic workers worldwide by developing and strengthening national labour laws, migration policies and recruitment regulations.

The European Commission's Directorate-General for International cooperation and Development and the ILO are pleased to invite you to a lunchtime conference on Thursday 30 June, from 12.30 to 14.00, which will discuss the results of this action. Register now. 

Introduction
Camilla Hagstroem, Team Leader Migration and Asylum, DEVCO B3 - Migration, Employment, Inequalities, European Commission

Presentations

• Maria Elena Valenzuela, Chief Technical Advisor of the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families, ILO
• Marie-José Tayah, Technical specialist, ILO
• Fish Ip, Regional Coordinator for Asia, International Domestic Workers’ Federation