Domestic Workers

Worker Profile: Caring for Others at Home and at Work

Hetal Laileshbai Kishori of Ahmedabad does double duty, caring for others at home and as a domestic worker.

Domestic Household Workers Demand Respect and Our Rights

Domestic Workers Rights Leaflet: Explains why an ILO Convention is needed and the steps and actions to be taken to achieve this. Also available...

ILO-IPEC

ILO-IPEC – Domestic Labour, Global Facts and Figures in Brief

WIEGO MBO Newsletter April 2012

Size and Significance of the Informal Economy

In many cities in developing countries, informal employment accounts for the majority of employment. Data analysis suggests that informal...

SEWA Newsletter No. 45

Contents:           SEWA’s Unique Co-operatives: Gujarat Women’s SEWA Cooperative Federation     SEWA’s Co-operatives Sweep...

ILO Footage on Domestic Workers

This report includes a piece produced by the BBC GVA correspondent and ILO’s footage about domestic workers. View the report here. ...

VIDEO: IDWN Receives 2013 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award at AFL-CIO Convention

Myrtle Witbooi, IDWN chair: “It’s the time to come for the world to give us recognition to that woman who is getting up every...

IDWF e-Newsletter March 2014

Issue #2 of the newsletter of the International Domestic Workers Federation. Other issues of IDWF Newsletter are available.

Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers

According to Verite Research: This is a video that was developed for a concert in aid of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka. Domestic work is...