Domestic workers celebrate rights breakthrough
Campaigners are celebrating the long-awaited ratification of a treaty on labour rights for domestic workers that will offer protection to millions of employees worldwide. Details
Campaigners are celebrating the long-awaited ratification of a treaty on labour rights for domestic workers that will offer protection to millions of employees worldwide. Details
It’s probably the biggest social movement that you’ve never heard of. Unless, of course, you are one of the millions of activists directly involved. But
The International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) comes into force on 5 September 2013, extending basic labour rights to domestic workers around
A United Nations treaty entering into force today will extend the labour and social rights of some 53 million domestic workers around the world. Details
On June 16, we will celebrate the second anniversary of the C189 with 7 countries already having ratified the Convention: Uruguay, Philippines, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Italy,
In recognition of the groundbreaking efforts of domestic workers worldwide to organize for greater awareness of and respect for their work, their historic success in
Adriana Paz Ramírez, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), together with leaders
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On the occasion of the 20 year jubilee of the adoption of International Convention on the Protection of the Rights...
This Survey was designed in April 2020 since it was already clear for the regional IDWF team in Latin America...
