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Story Ireland: It's official! Ireland ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention
by IDWFED published Sep 02, 2014 last modified May 21, 2015 03:17 PM
Ireland is the 15th ILO member State and the third EU member State to ratify this instrument which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
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Story chemical/x-mdl-rdfile Jamaica: IDWF leader Shirley Pryce receives national award
by IDWFED published Aug 31, 2014 last modified Jan 31, 2016 06:14 PM
IDWF Exco member, Shirley Pryce is awarded the Order of Distinction by Governor General of Jamaica for her dedication to Jamaica Household Workers Union and Caribbean Domestic Workers Network. She will receive the award on 20 Oct 2014, the National Heroes Day, at the King's House.
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Story Lilypond music sheet Kuwait: Kuwaiti families bring in 30,000 domestic workers annually
by IDWFED published Aug 30, 2014 last modified Jan 21, 2015 04:08 PM
While expressing his complete approval of establishing a special authority to bring domestic labor from abroad in order to eliminate the shortcomings of the current demography and limit crimes, MP Kamel Al-Awadhi stressed that both the PM and the interior minister had seconded his proposal to establish a special company answerable to the Interior Ministry to be responsible for bringing domestic labor to the country so that it can protect both workers and sponsors.
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Story ECMAScript program India: Domestic Workers air their woes
by IDWFED published Aug 27, 2014 last modified Jan 21, 2015 04:16 PM
The two-hour-long convention was attended by domestic workers from all over Mumbai and Navi Mumbai who spoke about their grievances. The workers, most of them women, focused on economical and social upbringing. The two most important points were decent wages and education of their children. They spoke about their needs through songs which a group of them sung there.
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Nepal: National Dialogue and Plan of Action of Domestic Workers
by IDWFED published Aug 22, 2014 last modified Oct 24, 2014 12:24 AM
2014 Aug 22, National Dialogue and Plan of Action of Domestic Workers.
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Story Lebanon: The ongoing plight of Lebanon's domestic workers
by IDWFED published Aug 21, 2014 last modified Jan 21, 2015 04:22 PM
Beirut Much like data for its native population, Lebanon underestimates both the numbers of Palestinian and Syrian refugees and, in the most ironic of all cases, it also purposefully undercounts domestic laborers. The presence of approximately 750,000 expatriate laborers has created a Pandora’s box for the Lebanese as most domestic workers struggle with work permit issues and, when those were secured, with violence.
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Story USA/Global: Five Things You Didn't Know About Human Trafficking
by IDWFED published Aug 19, 2014 last modified Nov 02, 2015 09:25 PM
With 21 million people around the world in forced labor, what can we do?
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Story Troff document Lebanon: A Judicial Blow to the Sponsorship System: Employer Must Return Domestic Worker’s Passport
by IDWFED published Aug 14, 2014 last modified Jan 21, 2015 05:03 PM
The ruling discussed in this commentary concerns the case of a female migrant domestic worker whose passport was withheld. The violation addressed in the lawsuit is, of course, no unique occurrence, but rather a very widespread one in Lebanon. This is a country where slavery has taken the form of a sponsorship system in which the “sponsor” is the “master”. Behavior such as that of employers withholding workers’ identification documents, or confining them to their homes, has thus become socially “acceptable” among broad segments of its population.
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Hong Kong: FADWU meeting with Labor Department about wages increase
by IDWFED published Aug 14, 2014 last modified Oct 24, 2014 12:28 AM
2014 Aug 14, representatives of FADWU meeting with the Labor Department about wages increase.
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Image JPEG image 2014.8.13 Guinea: SYNEM press conference
by IDWFED published Aug 13, 2014 last modified Oct 22, 2014 04:45 PM
Guinea: SYNEM press conference on disaffiliating from the trade union national centre, CNTG
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