IDWF Publications

IDWF Annual Report 2018 - United, Strong & Growing

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IDWF has now established itself as an essential organization—based on the ideas, life experiences and leadership of domestic workers worldwide.

Constitution of the IDWF 2019

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(updated in November 2018 as approved at the Second Congress)

IDWF leaflet 2019: About the IDWF

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What it is, What it does, IDWF in brief

Resolutions: Adopted by the 2nd IDWF Congress 2018, Cape Town, South Africa

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The IDWF is a growing movement of domestic workers. The second Congress in Cape Town, South Africa gives us inspiration and renewed energy to fight for our dignity, rights and freedom. Eighteen resolutions have been adopted. They are the goals and the concrete guides for our program of action in the next 5 years.

IDWF Annual Report 2017 - STRONG, UNITED and GROWING

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There is no stopping us. Let us continue until each and every domestic worker is valued and all of us are free.

Platform of Demands - Violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work

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In this document we set out why domestic workers, our workplace, and clear definitions of who we need protecting from are among the issues that must be specifically included for this new Standard to be effective and bring about significant and lasting change for the better. Only then might domestic workers and indeed other marginalised workers be optimistic that we can provide our highly valuable services in the safe and secure conditions that we deserve and are entitled to.

IDWF Communication Network – Manual for Registered members & Public users

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This revised manual will teach the basic steps for using the communication network for registered members and non-members.

Planning for Success: a Manual for domestic workers and their organizations

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This manual will inspire domestic workers, their organizations, and their supporters to build strong organizations of domestic workers. As it is only through organizing and collective action in the labour, economic and social spheres that domestic workers will obtain respect and the rights afforded to other workers to decent jobs that earn a decent living, and to access labour and social protection throughout their lives.

Decent Work for Domestic Workers - Eight Good Practices from Asia

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The eight good practices demonstrate successful initiatives to combat child labour in India and Nepal; to establish strong and sustainable domestic workers organizations in the form of trade unions, cooperatives or associations in Indonesia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea; on skills development and organizing in Hong Kong, China, and on the global online IDWF communication network.

IDWF Annual Report 2016 - UNITED, WE GROW STRONGER!

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UNITED, WE GROW STRONGER! International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) Annual Report 2016

Tackling child labour in domestic work: a handbook for action for domestic workers and their organizations

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The handbook will inspire domestic workers and their organizations to eliminate exploitative, harmful and hazardous child domestic work, promote decent work for domestic workers, and help domestic workers to reach their full potential in work and in life.

IDWF Annual Report 2015 - Build, Organise, Organise!

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Build, Organise, Organise! International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) Annual Report 2015

IDWF 5 Year Strategic Plan 2016-2020

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IDWF 5 Year Strategic Plan 2016-2020

A Brief Account of The IDWF Executive Committee Meeting, Bogor, Indonesia, August 13 – 15, 2015

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In August this year, the Executive Committee met in Bogor, Indonesia for its annual meeting. We used the opportunity of bringing our leaders together to meet with members of IDWF’s Indonesia affiliate, and bring the voices of domestic workers to an important global meeting, “Labor Migration: Who Benefits? Solidarity Center Conference on Worker Rights and Shared Prosperity.”

IDWF-GAP-MDW E-Discussion, August-September 2015 Summary Report

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This report documents the results of the virtual community of practice hosted on the website of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) in August and September 2015, with the support of the International Labour Organization's Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW). The community of practice, which took the form of an e-discussion, aimed to collect the organising experiences of domestic workers' organisations and to provide a forum for the exchange of good practices between the organisations. The experiences collected will feed into a Global Flagship Report on migrant domestic workers currently being prepared by GAP-MDW.

An introduction to the IDWF Communication Network

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The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) communication network (idwfed.org) was created in 2014, with the help of the International Labor Organization’s PROMOTE, Olaf Palme Centre and FLOW. The goal of the network is to unite domestic workers globally and create a place for them to share updates, news, activities, and resources. The network is also a source of information on domestic workers. Any interested person can join the network, though only affiliate organizations are given their own pages on the website.

IDWF leaflet: Who we are

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The leaflet tells about IDWF: who we are, our history, what we do, how we work and our leadership.

The Status of Domestic Workers in China and Decent Work Challenges

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Based on the research of Hu Dawu, Professor at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law published in December 2013.

Report on the IUF Executive Committee Meeting and the Women Committee Meeting, Geneva, April 22 – 24, 2015

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Report on the IUF Executive Committee Meeting and the Women Committee Meeting, Geneva, April 22 – 24, 2015, by Elizabeth Tang, IDWF General Secretary

Asia Pacific: News & Updates from Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

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A summary of the updates and activities from IDWF, affiliates, and domestic workers around Asia from December 2014 to January 2015

Latin America: News & Updates Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

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A summary of news and updates of IDWF and affiliate activities around Latin America from December 2014 to January 2015

IDWF Online Discussion: Summary Report on Stopping Violence against Domestic Workers

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November 25 is the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women. To acknowledge the event, the IDWF asked its community to discuss the prevalence of violence in domestic work and how IDWF can work to solve it.

IDWF Visioning Event: Building a Community of Practice on Domestic Work

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The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), in cooperation with the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a visioning event for its members in Hong Kong SAR. These included domestic workers and organizers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, and Thailand. The visioning event was organized under the ILO PROMOTE Project ‘Strengthening domestic workers organizations to end child domestic work’ which is supported by the US Department of Labor (DOL).