Myrtle’s proposal was chosen from an incredibly strong field of over 150 nominees across Africa and the Middle East Details GLOBAL – Good News ! The International Domestic Workers Federation
Wrapping up their annual meeting in Geneva, members of the International Labour Organisation agreed on the need to “adopt standards on violence and harassment in the world of work”. Details
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) congratulates the Union of Auxiliary Personnel of Private Houses
Violence and harassment take many forms. Whether a single or a repeated occurrence, whether it aims or results in violence, whether it is physical, psychological, sexual, or economic, bears no difference.
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects recent changes and the impact of such changes, as well as the opinions of organized domestic workers.
This podcast was recorded in November 2022 in Qatar to outline migrant domestic workers’ experiences of the labor law reforms and hear their demands on areas of improvement. All the names used in this podcast are pseudonyms.
Hard hit by the pandemic, domestic workers suffered devastating job loss, displacement from homes, and exposure to serious health risks on the job.
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Kathmandu in 2019 with 70 domestic workers. Follow-up interviews were held with domestic worker leaders as the COVID-19 pandemic
