Publications on domestic work
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Child domestic work: Global estimates 2012
04 October 2013
This fact sheet is an update to the global estimates on child domestic work 2008
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International Migration Papers No. 117
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in France (in French)
19 September 2013
The French country report of the European research project “Promoting the integration of migrant domestic workers” analyses the trajectories of migrants working in the domestic services sector in France. Although the sector has been significantly transformed, against a background of major socio-demographic changes, this research relates in particular to three groups of paid activities carried out in people’s homes: care for incapacitated adults (dependent elderly and people with disabilities), childcare, and household services used by private individuals (single persons or families) (In French)
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International Migration Papers No. 116
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Belgium
18 September 2013
Domestic workers provide an invaluable contribution to societies, yet still too often their work is not valued as such, and they remain a largely hidden and often vulnerable workforce. The Convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, 2011 (No. 189), can be perceived as recognition of the value of domestic work and as a call for action addressing the exclusion of domestic workers from protective regulatory frameworks.
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Know your rights leaflet
17 September 2013
Questions and answers on decent work for migrant domestic workers
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International Migration Papers No. 115
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Italy
17 September 2013
Since the 1970s, the labour market of domestic services has experienced a considerable growth in Italy, becoming over the past decade the main sector of employment for migrant women: in 2011, more than one foreign woman in two (51.3 per cent) was employed as a domestic worker or family assistant (CNEL, 2012). This phenomenon has been driven by the concomitance of a number of processes: an advanced process of population ageing (with one of the highest rates in the world of persons over 65), the increase of female participation in the labour market, the persistence of rigid patterns of gendered labour division in households, a public welfare budget heavily skewed in favour of monetary transfers (especially old-age and survivor pensions) to the detriment of welfare services in support of families.
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International Migration Papers No. 114
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Spain
16 September 2013
This case study of the Spanish situation is part of a wider international project, ‘Promoting Integration of Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe’, led and promoted by the ILO, funded by the European Commission and with research carried out by four international research institutions.1 The aims of the project are to: expand the knowledge on the characteristics, dimensions, and patterns of migration in Europe and its possible implications for the integration of migrant domestic workers; raise awareness of social actors in relation to the challenges of socio-economic integration of migrant domestic workers; and contribute to the planning and implementation of efficient policies and programmes to proactively promote social and labour integration of these workers
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Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 6
“Meeting the needs of my family too”: Maternity protection and work-family measures for domestic workers
01 July 2013
This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.
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Ending child labour in domestic work and protecting young workers from abusive working conditions
12 June 2013
New report on domestic work within the framework of the two ILO fundamental conventions on child labour and the recently adopted instruments on decent work for domestic workers.
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Snapshot: ILO in action, domestic workers
31 May 2013
A growing number of countries are taking measures to improve the living and working conditions of domestic workers. But the momentum needs to be stepped up to ensure that domestic workers worldwide enjoy labour rights, just like other workers.
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Philippines enact new law protecting domestic workers
18 April 2013
The Philippines has promulgated a new domestic workers law, namely the Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers (Republic Act 10361), which is also called the Domestic Workers Act.1 It was signed into law by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on 18 January 2013.