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Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection

By International Labour Office (ILO) on January 01, 2013

This publication sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation. Summary available in English here. Résumé disponible en français ici. Resumen disponible en español aquí.

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(ILO), International L. O. Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection. , , . International Labour Organization, 2013. (ILO), I. L. O. (2013). Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection. , , . (ILO), International L. O. "Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection." International Labour Organization, 2013, .(ILO) International L. O. "Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection." (2013). (ILO), I L O 2013, 'Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection', . International L O (ILO), 'Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection' (2013). (ILO) I. L. O. Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection. . 2013. (ILO), International L. O. Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection. . 2013. , .

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