Domestic Workers

Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges

Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK

Domestic Workers Organize!Working USA

This article traces the history of domestic worker organizing in the U.S. It challenges the long-standing assumption that these—primarily...

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

Swept Under the Rug: Abuses Against Domestic Workers Throughout the World

Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

Claiming Rights – Domestic Workers’ Movements

This research paper is a joint project between the International Domestic Workers’ Network (which is supported by WIEGO), the International...

Neoliberal austerity and the marketisation of elderly careSocial and Cultural Geography

Taking the recent debate on austerity as a starting point, this paper discusses contradictions in current processes of neoliberalisation...

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies

This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...