Domestic Workers

Revisiting CEDAW’s Recommendations: Has anything changed for migrant workers in Israel in the last two years?

From the paper’s introduction: “Two years ago, in early 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...

Introduction: Regulating Decent Work for Domestic WorkersCanadian Journal of Women and the Law

Adelle Blackett wrote this introduction and was Guest Editor for this issue of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Domestic Workers Around the World: Organising for Empowerment

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

Maid to Order: Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore

Irreguläre Arbeit in Privathaushalten

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A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

PR No. 15A – Text of the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers

The present document, which elaborates, describes and explains the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011, is the result of the General Conference...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Ratification as International Solidarity – Reflections on Switzerland and Decent Work for Domestic WorkersConnecticut Journal of International Law

Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers