Domestic Workers

Unprotected Migrants: Zimbabweans in South Africa’s Limpopo Province

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

This report attempts to capture the size of the domestic work sector in the world for 2010 of 52.6 million. According to the latest data...

Organising Domestic Workers: For Decent Work and the ILO Convention No. 189

AbstractDomestic work is the largest sector of female employment world-wide, yet it is extremely undervalued and unprotected by labour law....

Promouvoir les relations industrielles dans le secteur du travail domestique en Europe

Le présent rapport expose les résultats des recherches réalisées entre mai et novembre 2014 pour le projet EFFAT intitulé « Promouvoir les...

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...

Domestic Workers Around the World: Organising for Empowerment

Paper prepared for the Social Law Project Conference, 7-8 May 2010, Cape Town.

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO: Geneva

Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa