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South Africa: Domestic Worker's Wage Increase 2012
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by IDWFED
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Dec 01, 2012
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Oct 30, 2015 05:41 PM
All employers of domestic workers in South Africa must pay their employees a minimum wage. The increase in the minimum wage for domestic workers is effective from 1 December 2012.
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Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work
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by IDWFED
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Nov 29, 2012
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last modified
Dec 29, 2015 01:44 PM
Domestic workers care for the things we value most — our homes, children and elderly — but Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work reveals that the United States does not care for our domestic workers.
It is the first national survey of domestic workers in the USA conducted by The National Domestic Workers Alliance. This report is a call to action.
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IDWN Letter to Mark Harper 2012.11 PDF
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by IDWFED
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Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Oct 21, 2015 06:27 PM
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UK: IDWN letter to Mark Harper to protect domestic workers' rights
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Organizing the Patience Industry: Profile of a Domestic Worker in Maputo, Mozambique
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by IDWFED
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Nov 16, 2012
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Dec 07, 2015 05:06 PM
Albertina has been a leader in the struggle for domestic worker justice in Maputo, Mozambique. She is one of at least 37,000 domestic workers working in and around Mozambique’s capital. Nicknamed the "patience industry" by domestic workers, it is characterized by low wages, long hours and rigorous schedules, humiliating tasks, unhealthy working conditions and vulnerability to abuse. Albertina finds this paradoxical given the intimate nature of the profession.
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IDWN e-Newsletter - NOV 2012 Issue No. 07
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by IDWFED
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Nov 15, 2012
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Apr 22, 2015 10:39 PM
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IDWF Newsletters
IDWN e-Newsletter - NOV 2012 Issue No. 07
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India: Changing Patterms of Domestic Work
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by IDWFED
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Nov 14, 2012
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Oct 30, 2015 05:59 PM
Domestic work is emerging as and is likely to remain an important activity for women workers in several developing countries, including in urban India. This makes the task of improving labour conditions in such work a difficult but urgent imperative.
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Thailand: Honour your domestic workers, fight for women's rights
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by IDWFED
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Nov 14, 2012
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Oct 30, 2015 05:47 PM
By making it mandatory for employers to give both Thai and non-Thai domestic workers a day off each week including overtime pay, annual holidays, and paid sick leave, the new regulations help to ditch the long-held belief that household and care work have little economic value.
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UK: J4DW (Justice 4 Domestic Workers) shares her activities from 2009-2012
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by IDWFED
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Nov 12, 2012
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Oct 31, 2015 05:09 PM
No Return to Slavery. We are workers!
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Cambodia: Cambodia Domestic Workers Network (CDWN) founding congress
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by IDWFED
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Nov 12, 2012
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Oct 31, 2015 04:50 PM
The public and media in Cambodia are surprised to see now domestic workers in Cambodia are starting to be organized!. Cambodia Domestic Workers Network (CDWN) had its founding congress on Nov 10 and 11, 2012 in Phnom Penh.
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Thailand: Thai ministerial regulations to protect domestic workers' rights approved
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by IDWFED
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Nov 08, 2012
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Oct 31, 2015 05:24 PM
The ministerial regulations to protect domestic workers' rights had been approved on 30 Oct. According to the Thai laws, the implementation of the ministerial regulations can only be done once they are published in the Gazette. The regulations are currently on the process of submission to Royal Thai Government Gazette and will surely be implemented within this year.
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