ILO to launch global report on domestic workers
A new report on the conditions of domestic workers worldwide will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 18:00 Manila Time (10:00 GMT).
A new report on the conditions of domestic workers worldwide will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 18:00 Manila Time (10:00 GMT).
The new report, entitled “Domestic workers across the world: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection“, sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.
It attempts to capture the size of the domestic work sector, working conditions and the extent of legal protection worldwide. It includes global and regional statistics, and highlights the widespread exclusion of domestic workers from basic labour protection legislation in Asia and the Pacific as well as in other regions.
The ILO is the United Nations specialized agency that deals with work and work-place related issues.
The report, as well as all associated material and information are under strict embargo until 10:00 GMT (18:00 Manila Time) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013. Embargoed electronic copies of the report, the executive summary and some associated media materials can be made available to recognized media on request. Interviews with ILO experts in Asia, or at the ILO’s Geneva headquarters can also be scheduled.
A press conference on the report will be organized at the ILO’s headquarters in Geneva at 11:00 local time on Wednesday 9 January. Video coverage of the press conference, a video news release, as well as video interviews with the authors of the report can be made available via the ILO studio and ISDN equipment in Geneva.
Ms Minette Rimando
ILO Country Office for the Philippines
Tel: +63 2 580 9900 / 580 9905
Email
Ms Sophy Fisher
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel: +662 (0) 2288 2482
Email
ILO Newsroom & Department of Communication and Public Information
Tel.: + 41 22 799 7912
Email to ILO Newsroom
Email to ILO Department of Communication and Public Information
The new report, entitled “Domestic workers across the world: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection“, sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.
It attempts to capture the size of the domestic work sector, working conditions and the extent of legal protection worldwide. It includes global and regional statistics, and highlights the widespread exclusion of domestic workers from basic labour protection legislation in Asia and the Pacific as well as in other regions.
The ILO is the United Nations specialized agency that deals with work and work-place related issues.
The report, as well as all associated material and information are under strict embargo until 10:00 GMT (18:00 Manila Time) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013. Embargoed electronic copies of the report, the executive summary and some associated media materials can be made available to recognized media on request. Interviews with ILO experts in Asia, or at the ILO’s Geneva headquarters can also be scheduled.
A press conference on the report will be organized at the ILO’s headquarters in Geneva at 11:00 local time on Wednesday 9 January. Video coverage of the press conference, a video news release, as well as video interviews with the authors of the report can be made available via the ILO studio and ISDN equipment in Geneva.
For further information please contact:
Ms Minette Rimando
ILO Country Office for the Philippines
Tel: +63 2 580 9900 / 580 9905
Ms Sophy Fisher
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Tel: +662 (0) 2288 2482
ILO Newsroom & Department of Communication and Public Information
Tel.: + 41 22 799 7912
Email to ILO Newsroom
Email to ILO Department of Communication and Public Information