Articles
August 2011
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Recognition for India’s invisible workers
01 August 2011
For various reasons, official statistics tend to undercount domestic workers. The case of India is particularly striking given the magnitude of the difference: estimates of the number of domestic workers in this country range between 2.5 and 90 million.
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Domestic work is not just a “domestic issue”
01 August 2011
According to ILO estimates, there are between 50 and 100 million domestic workers worldwide and many countries have traditionally excluded them from employee protection legislation.