
Myrtle Witbooi has been chosen as a Finalist for the Challenging Norms, Powering Economies challenge
Myrtle’s proposal was chosen from an incredibly strong field of over 150 nominees across Africa and the Middle East Details GLOBAL – Good News !

Myrtle’s proposal was chosen from an incredibly strong field of over 150 nominees across Africa and the Middle East Details GLOBAL – Good News !

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

Contributors: Adriana Paz We all know well that domestic workers and other workers in the informal sector are subjected to violence and harassment because of

Speech of Myrtle Witbooi, IDWF President, at the ILC 2018 plenary. Details GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Myrtle WitbooiInternational Domestic Workers FederationStatement May 31, 2018 Good afternoon,
We aim to build capacities of our affiliates to stop GBV and address the issues effectively. This will include achieving an ILO Convention and enabling

ILO Interregional Consultation on Labour Migration and Mobility from Asia/Africa to the Middle East on October 4-5. IDWF participated at the consultation in Beirut, Lebanon

On August 25, domestic workers in Thailand secured another landmark victory: the Cabinet approved a
This is the report of an action conference held on 8-10 November 2006 in Amsterdam, at the headquarters of the...
Domestic workers deserve to be included in the ILO mission as professional workers. This document lays out the fundamental necessities...
Why We Wrote this document: Over the past few years, something historical has been happening. The world’s domestic workers have...
Our mission is to help build strong, democratic domestic workers’ organisations to protect domestic workers’ rights everywhere. Domestic/household workers demand...
The IDWF asked its community to discuss the prevalence of violence in domestic work and how the IDWF can work...
International Domestic Workers Day, June 16, celebrates the 2011 passage of the International Labor Organization Convention 189 for Decent Work...