Domestic Workers

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.  

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

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

Decent work, decent life for domestic workers ITUC

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,...

Macro-Level Determinants of Paid Domestic Labour Prevalence: A Cross-National Analysis of Seventy-Four CountriesSocial Policy and Society

Abstract: The growing demand for domestic workers has been linked to several global developments, such as an ageing population, income inequality,...

Strength in Networks: Employment Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination

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Out of the Shadows: Organising and protecting domestic workers in Europe: The role of trade unions

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