News and articles on domestic work
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No one should work this way
Ending the abuse of domestic workers in Asia
22 December 2014
Although there are more than 52 million domestic workers world-wide, including more than 21 million in Asia Pacific, only a small minority are covered by general labour laws. This lack of protection leaves them vulnerable to – sometimes terrible – abuse and exploitation. Journalist Karen Emmons has been working with the photographer Steve McCurry on a documentary project, “No one should work this way,” to record and expose some of the abuses faced by Asian migrant domestic workers.
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News
A New Platform Created Spaces for Information Exchange and Empowerment of Domestic and Migrant Domestic Workers
16 December 2014
A new Knowledge Sharing Platform was designed and hosted on the International Domestic Workers Federation’s (IDWF) website with the support of the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW). The platform was created as a space of communication for migrant domestic workers and a source of information on their rights.
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Argentina
New law leads to new life for migrant domestic workers
16 December 2014
After decades of labor organizing and with the support of the ILO, Argentina has passed a new migration policy to make life better for domestic workers.
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Video
Cooperating Out Of Isolation: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait
04 December 2014
As in other parts of the world, Arab countries have seen an increase in – mainly female – migrant domestic workers, who have become the primary care providers in the household. This is the result of many contributing factors including the lack of affordable and well-regulated social care provisions and infrastructures, demographic shifts and transformation of families, and changing income and working patterns.
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Domestic worker
No one should work this way – ending the abuse of Asian domestic workers
01 December 2014
There are more than 52 million domestic workers worldwide but the vast majority are unprotected by labour laws. This leaves them open to – sometimes terrible – abuse and exploitation. The journalist Karen Emmons worked with the photographer Steve McCurry on a documentary project to record and expose some of the treatment experienced by Asian migrant domestic workers.
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Domestic workers
Switzerland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189)
12 November 2014
Switzerland is the 16th ILO member State and the fourth European country to ratify this instrument, which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of more than 53 million domestic workers worldwide.
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Video
The Contract
05 November 2014
An animated movie that invites the audience to think about work conditions of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.