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published Sep 20, 2014 05:23 PM
Latest updates from International Domestic Workers Federation
Story C source code Malaysia: Rasa dan Asa Movie launch - Migrant Domestic Workers' tell their life in COVID-19 pandemic by Fish Ip — last modified Oct 14, 2022 12:37 PM
Rasa dan Asa - Movie Premiere at FreedomFilmFest 2022 | Indonesian migrant domestic workers tell their stories and lives during the COVID-19 lockdown | Domestic workers in solidarity and resilience fighting for their rights | #DomesticWorkisWork #1DayOff4DomesticWorkers
Resource IDWF Annual Report 2021 - United, Strong & Growing by IDWFED — last modified Sep 19, 2022 06:37 PM
2021 was another year of extraordinary challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc across the globe, and domestic workers remained on the frontlines, caring for the things that are most precious to us despite immense risks to their health.
Resource Count Domestic Workers In: Building Domestic Workers' Power and Resilience Towards an Inclusive and Equal Future by IDWFED — last modified Aug 15, 2022 04:34 PM
Post-event Report
Story ECMAScript program Hong Kong: Alleged “Job-hopping” Silences Abuse, FADWU Calls for a Stop to the Discriminatory Policies by Fish Ip — last modified Aug 08, 2022 01:18 PM
On 7 Aug 2022, FADWU organizes a press conference in response to the Immigration Department of Hong Kong alleging migrant domestic workers on “Job-hopping”
Resource Who says we are out of the labour force? by IDWFED — last modified Jul 28, 2022 04:10 PM
Background research by the Domestic Workers Union (DWU) tells why a law on domestic workers is needed.
Resource Domestic workers are part of labour force by IDWFED — last modified Jul 28, 2022 04:11 PM
In this booklet, the Domestic Workers Union (DWU), Sri Lanka explains to workers to encourage them to join the union to pressurize the government to bring laws for domestic workers. Hopefully each and every one who reads this will join the Union’s journey to bring relevant laws for domestic workers.
Story IDWF Message on International Domestic Workers Day 2022 by IDWFED — last modified Jun 16, 2022 04:16 PM
"Domestic workers spent 3 years at the ILO to fight for the Domestic Workers’ Convention, and now we are proud to celebrate it, 11 years after its adoption. It is our convention; we must know it, own it, and use it."
Story Ratify the C189 Decent Work for Domestic Workers - Formalizing the Informal Workers and Achieving Gender Equality in Spain by IDWFED — last modified Jun 15, 2022 02:01 PM
An Open Letter to Mr. Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister and members of the SENATE of Spain on the International Domestic Workers Day 2022.
Resource C header Training Pack: YES to equality - NO to violence Domestic workers organize against violence and harassment (DWoVH) by IDWFED — last modified Jul 18, 2022 01:36 PM
We say YES to Equality and NO to violence!
Story Global Position Paper from Workers' Organizations in the Informal Economy by IDWFED — last modified May 27, 2022 04:25 PM
ILC 110th Session – General Discussion on the Social and Solidarity Economy
Resource IDWF Position on the IMRF 2022 Declaration by IDWFED — last modified May 17, 2022 05:33 PM
IDWF Position on the IMRF 2022 Declaration
Story text/texmacs Freedom of Association: Migrant Domestic Workers Path towards Labor Rights by IDWFED — last modified May 11, 2022 04:37 PM
IDWF IMRF Side Event 2022
Affiliate Malaysia: Persatuan Pekerja Rumah Tangga Indonesian Migran (PERTIMIG) by IDWFED — last modified Apr 19, 2022 05:43 PM
Malaysia: Persatuan Pekerja Rumah Tangga Indonesian Migran (PERTIMIG)
Story Singapore: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Conducted a Training in Organizing by IDWFED — last modified May 11, 2022 02:59 PM
On Sunday, 27 March, 2022, Persaudaraan Pekerja Migran Indonesia (IPPMI) in Singapore organized the 1st training in organizing supported by International Domestic Workers Federation. IPPMI Singapore was established in March 2021, amid the pandemic, with the aims of organizing MDWs and building a safe space for them to gather, exchange ideas and learn together in Singapore.
Story Let's Talk about Resilience - The Pandemic and Domestic Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean by IDWFED — last modified Aug 10, 2022 05:39 PM
The Covid-19 crisis has shown the terrible lack of protection that domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer, but it has also shown that without them, our societies collapse. There is only one way to repair such a contradiction: the Latin American states need to recognize domestic work as work and guarantee it is carried out in decent conditions, equal to those of other salaried sectors.
Story chemical/x-pdb "We are Not Part of Your Family; We Have Our Own" - The Domestic Workers' Movement by IDWFED — last modified Aug 10, 2022 05:40 PM
Domestic workers in Latin America are united to ensure that domestic work is projected as decent work with a comprehensive care system. The Guide is an additional tool to promote safe and healthy conditions in the workplace with an additional focus on co-responsibility with employers so that they fully comply with their obligations. This protects both parties with responsibility and conviction to improve working conditions. The effective recovery of the economy and society demands, today more than ever, solutions with a gender equity perspective where the role of domestic work and care is at the center and forefront of the fight against poverty.
Affiliate chemical/x-molconn-Z Guinea-Bissau: Associaçao Nacional de Proteçao dos Trabalhadores Domesticos da Guine-Bissau (ANAPROMED-GB) by IDWFED — last modified Mar 16, 2022 03:57 PM
Guinea-Bissau: Associaçao Nacional de Proteçao dos Trabalhadores Domesticos da Guine-Bissau (ANAPROMED-GB)
Story We've Come a Long Way and a Long Way We Will Go - IDWF Announcement on IWD 2022 by IDWFED — last modified Mar 08, 2022 03:30 PM
Let’s break the silence. Let’s stand tall. Let’s move mountains.
Story IDWF events in March of 2022, at around the UNCSW 66th Session by IDWFED — last modified Mar 16, 2022 02:05 PM
Summary of IDWF events in March of 2022, at around the UNCSW 66th Session
Story Silent No More: Domestic Workers Confront Violence at Work by IDWFED — last modified Mar 04, 2022 06:03 PM
A webinar organised by the International Domestic Workers Federation and LabourStart.
Story The War Must Stop Now: IDWF Solidarity Statement with Ukraine by IDWFED — last modified Mar 04, 2022 09:20 PM
In Solidarity with Ukraine, the people of Ukraine, and the people in Ukraine. May this war end now.
Story Hong Kong: Pandemic highlights Hong Kong’s reliance on migrant domestic workers and the government’s failure to protect them by Fish Ip — last modified Feb 25, 2022 07:41 PM
The pandemic has highlighted how important migrant domestic workers are to families in Hong Kong, yet new research reveals that the government’s mechanisms to protect them are not fit for purpose.
Story Media launch of Fit for Purpose - assessing compliance with the Code of Practice by Fish Ip — last modified Feb 18, 2022 03:54 PM
FADWU research report reveals government monitoring on private employment agencies is still lacking.
Story We have a master’s degree by Sofia Trevino — last modified Dec 20, 2021 10:12 PM
An interrupted education did not interrupt Nellie’s ambitions
Story Full of Hope by Sofia Trevino — last modified Dec 15, 2021 06:06 AM
Emebet organizes domestic workers in Ethiopia
Story Malaysia: Justice to Adelina ! Stop Abuse - No to exclusion from Labour Protection! by Fish Ip — last modified Dec 10, 2021 04:54 PM
An abuser of domestic workers should not be walking free. We must give justice and rights to migrant domestic workers in Malaysia. AMMPO and PERTIMIG Malaysia express their demand to include domestic workers in the Employment Act (2021) Bill.
Resource Sharing good practice of stories of beneficiaries of IGA training for domestic workers with the support of IDWF by IDWFED — last modified Jun 13, 2022 04:56 PM
Sharing good practice of stories of beneficiaries of IGA training for domestic workers with the support of IDWF on 9th & 10th December, 2021 by members of national union of hotels and personal services workers – NUHPSW, Nigeria
Story Determination, Solidarity, and Internationalism by Sofia Trevino — last modified Nov 08, 2021 10:43 PM
IDWF Calendar 2022
Affiliate Rwanda: Syndicat des Travailleurs Domestiques et Indépendants de l'Economie Informelle (SYTRIECI) by IDWFED — last modified Nov 01, 2021 12:05 AM
Rwanda: Syndicat des Travailleurs Domestiques et Indépendants de l'Economie Informelle (SYTRIECI)
Story IDWF Statement on the Global Day of Action on Care 2021 by IDWFED — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM
As care work is not only the unpaid feminized labor within families, but it also encompasses work within the paid economy, particularly jobs that provide market substitutes for services women once provided in the home, we must investigate the labor divides within the paid care sector.