Report III(B)

Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy

15 March 2022

Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution)

ILO InfoStory

How to make decent work a reality for domestic workers

16 June 2021

Domestic workers provide essential services to millions of households around the world but many are not covered by legal or social protections. Explore the key findings of the new ILO report on Domestic workers in our latest interactive InfoStory.

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COVID-19 and gender equality

COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work

14 May 2020

Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.

ILO report key findings

Decent Work in Portugal 2008-18: From crisis to recovery (PowerPoint Presentation)

16 October 2018

G20 Meeting

Towards gender equality in the future of work (PowerPoint Presentation)

06 September 2018

Presentation by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting, 6-7 September 2018, Mendoza, Argentina

Publication

Childcare: A Training Manual For Domestic Workers’ Organizations

16 August 2018

This training manual is targeted to domestic workers’ organizations, civil society, not for profit organizations and other entities that provide skills trainings to domestic workers. The manual aims to build the skills of domestic workers in the area of childcare and empower them to expand their employment opportunities within this field.

Publication

Advancing domestic workers’ rights through cooperatives in Trinidad and Tobago: An ILO, NUDE and SWCC initiative

18 April 2018

This brief summarizes one example of the ILO’s work in advancing domestic workers’ cooperatives. The ILO supported the National Union of Domestic Workers (NUDE) in Trinidad and Tobago to provide their members with access to employment opportunities and improved working conditions through a cooperative society.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 95

Conceptualizing the role of intermediaries in formalizing domestic work

04 April 2018

News

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago moving toward enhancing sustainability of their cooperative

21 February 2018

The ILO partnered with the Service Workers Centre Cooperative Society (SWCC) in Trinidad and Tobago to organize a workshop to discuss concrete steps toward enhancing the sustainability of the cooperative.

News

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago develop a business plan for their cooperative

22 June 2017

On May 12 to 13, the ILO organised a workshop with domestic workers and their union in Trinidad and Tobago to develop a business plan for their cooperative. The workshop used the C-BED methodology, a low cost, action-based and participatory group learning approach designed by the ILO to help entrepreneurs and micro-business owners in planning and improving their businesses.