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Domestic workers

  • Domestic workers represent 4.5 percent of employees, and 81 per cent are in informal employment – twice the share of informal employment among employees.  More

Domestic Workers' Day 2021

  1. 10 years on, domestic workers still fight for equality and decent work

    On the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers’ Convention, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed continued vulnerabilities of domestic workers in the labour market.

What's new

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN

    TRIANGLE in ASEAN Quarterly Briefing Notes

  2. #RatifyC190

    Indonesian mass media take actions to free the world of work from violence and harassment

  3. Publication

    Behavioural insights in employers’ choice of recruitment services for domestic work

  4. #RatifyC190

    Engaging Indonesian mass media to advocate ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention
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Policy resources by theme

  1. COVID-19 - Thematic analysis and practical advice
    (keyword "domestic work")
  1. Measuring domestic work
  2. Wages
  3. Working time
  4. Social and labour protection
  5. Organizing and collective bargaining
  6. Labour inspections and compliance
  7. Migrant domestic workers
  8. Formalization
  9. Cooperatives
  10. Fundamental principles and rights at work