News and articles on domestic work (Domestic workers)

Forced labour

What if your pencil was a tool against forced labour?

10 March 2021

A global cartoon competition will raise awareness of forced labour, which affects 25 million people worldwide.

World Day Against Child Labour

B-roll: Giving Madagascar’s child domestic workers a second chance

12 June 2018

In Madagascar, driven by poverty and lack of opportunity, many children work as domestic workers in conditions that can be dangerous for their health and safety. A project of the International Labour Organization aims to reduce the number of children in domestic work through awareness-raising and skills training.

World Day Against Child Labour

Giving Madagascar’s child domestic workers a second chance

12 June 2018

In Madagascar, driven by poverty and lack of opportunity, many children work as domestic workers in conditions that can be dangerous for their health and safety. A project of the International Labour Organization aims to reduce the number of children in domestic work through awareness-raising and skills training.

Our impact, their voices

Poverty leads children from Madagascar to work in dangerous conditions

12 June 2018

World Day Against Child Labour focuses this year on hazardous child labour and safe work for youth of legal working age. Almost half of the 152 million victims of child labour – 73 million – toil in hazardous work. In Madagascar, children in child labour in brickmaking and in domestic work, are among those who need to be protected.

10th European Regional Meeting

Video: What future for decent work in Europe and Central Asia

02 October 2017

From a Russian retiree supplementing his pension as a freelance taxi driver, to a Greek handball player re-trained as an office clerk in Germany and a new mother working from home in the UK, here are some of the experiences of people making their way through the world of work in Europe and Central Asia.