Occupational Group: Domestic Workers

DOMESTIC WORKERS: Frontline Care Workers at Risk

Because their work requires them to be in others’ home—often multiple homes—and to come in close contact with individuals and items that...

From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan Labour Force

Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

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Researching Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrant Domestic Workers in Diplomatic Households

Domestic workers, informal construction workers, and the state…and almost everything else

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Help Wanted: Abuses Against Female Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia

Organizando a Indústria da Paciência: Perfil de uma Trabalhadora Doméstica em Maputo, Moçambique

Work Like Any Other, Work Like No Other: Establishing Decent Work for Domestic Workers

In anticipation of the implementation of the ILO Convention on the Rights of Domestic Workers, analyzes the unique challenges of creating...

Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights

This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia.  It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales...

Hierarchies of Care Work in South Africa: Nurses, Social Workers and Home-based Care Workers