News and articles on domestic work
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ILO in action
We help migrant domestic workers overcome the pandemic
15 December 2021
ILO Senior Labour Migration Specialist, Gloria Moreno-Fontes, speaks from Pretoria about the Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project, which aims to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented by the ILO in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Workers Organizations from Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa signed a Declaration Promoting Labour and Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers
11 October 2014
Trade unions and domestic workers’ organizations from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho signed a joint declaration at the tri-national workshop in Johannesburg organized by the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW). By signing the declaration, participants committed to support the strategies promoting human and labour rights of migrant domestic workers along the South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe corridor.