Publications on domestic work

  1. Publication

    Domestic Workers and Decent Work in Sri Lanka

    05 January 2021

    In response to a Government of Sri Lanka request, this Report highlights key findings from a study which examined the living and working conditions of domestic workers and assessed the current legal and policy gaps to ratify ILO's Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention (No 189)

  2. Publication

    Promoting Decent Work for Sustainable Development

    20 November 2020

    The Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2019–20 provides a framework for the first of two phases of structured cooperation between the ILO, the Government of Malaysia, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) and the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC).

  3. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

    Promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in transit: The case of Ethiopian women migrants

    26 October 2016

    In the absence of a definition in international law and policy, transit migration is often described as migration to one country with the intention of seeking the possibility there to emigrate to another and final country of destination. It is often associated with undesirable irregular migration, human trafficking, circular and shuttle migration, and refugee movements.

  4. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

    Skills development and recognition for domestic workers across borders

    26 October 2016

    Domestic work is an increasingly diverse sector with a varied and globalized workforce that is often viewed as unskilled. The similarity between paid domestic work and the unpaid work performed by women in their own homes has led to the undervaluation of domestic work and is generally reflected in the low wages earned.

  5. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report.

    Migrant Domestic Workers, Health and HIV

    25 July 2016

    Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of 2016 project report .

  6. MDW Information Guide

    Information Guide for Domestic Workers in Zimbabwe

    22 July 2016

    As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, this information guide has been created for domestic workers in Zimbabwe.

  7. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.

    Migrant Domestic Workers Across the World: global and regional estimates

    13 June 2016

    Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.

  8. Briefing note

    Regulating International Labour Recruitment in the Domestic Work Sector

    07 April 2016

    Regulating International Labour Recruitment in the Domestic Work Sector: A Review of key issues, challenges and opportunities

  9. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.

    Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers: The international legal framework

    07 April 2016

    Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.

  10. Briefing note

    Gender sensitivity in labour migration agreements and MOUs

    07 April 2016

    Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers - Research series in support of June 2016 project report release.