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Rights of domestic workers

New ILO policy brief calls for domestic workers to be included in care policies to ensure their rights at work

Domestic workers play an integral and increasing role in care provision but lack access to labour rights and social protection. Governments and social partners need to act.

Moving towards equality: The role of care work in the Latin American labour market

Analysing the intersection between gender, employment and care, the ILO presents a detailed report that calls for transformative action to redistribute care work around co-responsibility and social justice.

From Challenges to Opportunities: Entrepreneurship Training for Kenya's Returned Migrant Workers

Reinforcing the entrepreneurial and business management skills of 660 vulnerable returned migrants in Nairobi and Mombasa cities.

Prevention of HIV at workplace

Indonesia launches its HIV/AIDS National Action Plan to accelerate the achievement of Ending AIDS by 2030

The ILO supports the Ministry of Manpower developing the National Action Plan on Preventing and Handling HIV/AIDS at Workplace 2024-2028 as a guideline for synergising actions in preventing and handling HIV/AIDS at workplaces in 27 districts and cities nationwide.

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Why measuring unpaid domestic and care work matters

Every day, more than 16 billion hours are devoted to unpaid domestic and care work around the world. As global populations age, these figures are set to rise, and quantifying unpaid domestic and care work is critical to understanding labour under-utilisation, employment trends, and gender-based inequalities.

ILO FAIRWAY Programme and en.v tackle complex attitudes of employers of domestic workers through experimental project

From February to June 2023, FAIRWAY piloted the creation of the Women’s Circle project in Kuwait – an experimental, community-led project designed by en.v, which focussed on shifting mindsets of Kuwaiti female employers of domestic workers, through facilitated dialogue.

Strengthening the Protection of Migrant Workers' Rights in Ethiopia & Somalia

Union-to-Union Agreement between the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union (CETU) and Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)

Equipping domestic workers for decent work through training

After winning the 2020 ILO Skills Innovation Challenge Call, Mendy Lerato Lusaba’s Domestic Workers Association Centre has not only enhanced capacities of domestic workers to be more fit for purpose, but she has also expanded their skills to enable them to access formal employment in the hotel and hospitality sectors and qualify for certified care-work overseas.

Regional Competency Standards for Domestic Workers within the EAC

A virtual workshop with the aim of harmonising standards for domestic workers' competencies, allowing for the recognition of their skills and competencies across partner states.

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ILO and Pakistan Workers’ Federation join hands for protection of the rights of domestic workers

Discussions consider the ratification of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and recognize the many benefits this would bring.

Indonesian young workers are still vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and have limited access to social protection

The joint study of ILO and YARSI University maps the vulnerability of young workers to HIV/AIDS and their access to social protection. The study recommends expanding the access of young workers to HIV education programme and social protection.

Innovative HIV e-Learning benefits companies in strengthening HIV workplace programme

The e-Learning platform for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS at the Workplace programme has benefited hundreds of companies. The platform is jointly developed by the ILO and its social partners to improve the existing Manpower Ministry’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) platform.

HIV self-testing at workplace can contribute to end the HIV epidemic

Relevant stakeholders, facilitated by the ILO, share their experiences, lessons learnt and challenges in the implementation of HIV self-testing at workplace in Indonesia.

Launched, a series of HIV innovative interventions at workplace in Indonesia

The ILO and its social partners join forces to develop and implement a series of HIV innovative interventions to support Indonesia achieving the triple 95s goals and strengthening its HIV/AIDS national programme.

A returnee raised her income and improved her skills

Migrant workers who lack proper information usually end up extending their stay, despite their visas having expired, putting them in danger of being classified as irregular/undocumented migrants. Migrants are even more vulnerable in such situations and face numerous challenges, including labour rights violations, abuses, and exploitation.

Closing the Gender Data Gap on Unpaid Domestic and Care Work

The ILO, UN Foundation, and Data 2X partnered to launch a programme of technical assistance to African countries on the collection, processing, and analysis of statistics on own use provision of service work (colloquially termed unpaid domestic and care work)

Advancing Skills Development and Migration: Fostering Collaboration for Positive Impact in Kenya

Skills development within the context of labour migration

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Skilled, essential but undervalued. It’s time to solve the domestic work paradox

Despite performing a huge range of skilled tasks around the home, domestic workers’ efforts often go unrecognised in terms of pay and working conditions. To mark Domestic Workers Day, 16 June 2023, Anna Engblom, Chief Technical Adviser of ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme explains why this needs to change.

ILO Türkiye Office: “We are ready to support all efforts aimed at improving the working rights of domestic workers”

At an event held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Türkiye as part of the International Domestic Workers Day, which was marked by the request for a legislation amendment aimed at improving the working conditions of domestic workers, ILO Türkiye Office expressed its willingness to provide support to all efforts in this regard .

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Study highlights forced labour amongst migrant domestic workers in Southeast Asia

Survey by International Labour Organization (ILO) of migrant domestic workers in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand points to poor working conditions, yet also highlights the skilled nature of domestic work.