Publications on domestic work
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Training Policy Brief
Protecting domestic workers in Lebanon. How to amend the labour code to better protect domestic migrant workers in Lebanon?
23 March 2021
This policy brief intends to provide recommendations on how to better protect the domestic workers in Lebanon by amending the labour code. It reviews the situation of the employment conditions of the migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, which were lately exacerbated as a result of the COVID-19. As a way forward, it proposes three recommendations in order to unlock the complex situation.
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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.
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Domestic workers and employers in the Arab States: Promising practices and innovative models for a productive working relationship
06 March 2018
This White Paper presents promising practices and innovative models to ensure a productive working relationship for both domestic workers and employers in the Arab States.
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Coop News No. 1, 2016
25 April 2016
This issue of the COOP News includes articles on various events, projects, trainings and meetings related to the work of the ILO's COOP Unit between November 2015 and April 2016.
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Fair recruitment initiative
For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon
24 June 2015
This working paper aims to shed light on the business models of labour recruiters that facilitate the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon.