Domestic Workers are Included in the Sexual Harassment Bill Details On December 3, Shirley Pryce, President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union gave a submission to the Joint Select Committee on the Sexual Harassment Act. She used the opportunity to call on the Government to ratify C190 with the slogan: “TIME COME RATIFICATION NOW.” Later on, […]
The event titled “Inclusive Labor Law Reform: Migrants and Domestic Workers Have the Rights Too!”, was the first part of the migration dialogue series to commemorate the International Migrants Day 2020. Details Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Association (PERTIMIG), Association of Filipino Overseas Domestic Workers (AMMPO) and International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) jointly organized an online […]
The insights of Ida Le-Blanc, General Secretary of National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE), in Trinidad and Tobago. Details The insights of Ida Le-Blanc, General Secretary of National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE), in Trinidad in Tobago. Many countries in the Caribbean, such as Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Grenada […]
On 9th December NDAWU celebrated the achievement on the ratification of Convention 189 and 190, Decent Work for Domestic Workers (C189) aimed at improving domestic workers working conditions. Details From 2011, June 16th Namibia and other domestic workers organizations were campaigning for ratification of C189 but from 2019 where Convention on Gender Based Violence (C 190) […]
Elections of shop stewards to represent all employees of companies are held every four years in Belgian companies employing more than 50 workers. Details Domestic Workers, all Women were Elected as Shop Stewards in their Companies to Represent the Rights and Interests of all Workers Elections of shop stewards to represent all employees of companies […]
The fund per affiliate is small, ranging from $5,000 to 10,000, yet for many, it is all they have received to cop with the pandemic challenges. Details A USD 2 million Solidarity Fund was created in May to support our affiliates to implement rapid responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Until the end of the year, […]
Togo is among the Francophone country in Africa which shows a lot of achievement in organizational development in 2020. Details Togo is among the Francophone country in Africa which shows a lot of achievement in organizational development in 2020. Up to 2019 the members were 1522, but this year though the support of IDWF, they […]
We as IDWF survived, we have learnt to be thankful, to accept each other. We have learnt to share what we have and most of all we have learnt to appreciate life Myrtle Witbooi, President, IDWF In 2020, we were caught unprepared with no warning and slowly we found ourselves. Helpless, Homeless, Unemployed, Insecure, Hungry. But, […]
Shiella Estrada, migrant domestic worker leader, spoke at the launch of the first Asia-Pacific Regional Review of Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) from 10th-12th March 2021. She calls for listening to migrants, the right to freedom of association and basic labour rights. Details By Shiella Estrada, Chairperson, Progressive […]
On the second day of the Asia-Pacific Regional Review of Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, Fish Ip, the IDWF Asia regional coordinator, spoke at the first Roundtable on "Ensuring that migration is voluntary, regular, safe and orderly (addressing objectives 2, 5, 6, 12 and 18 of the Global Compact)", […]
The IGA initiative is of great importance because it lets the members and the branches maintain their sustainability while generating an income that helps the organization and the Domestic Workers to feel protected. Details Domestic workers’ union in Tanzania are organized under the multi-sectoral union which is known as CHODAWU-Conservation, Hotels Domestic, and Consultancy Workers […]
"Social protection must not be the exclusionary luxury of some workers only, but a basic undeniable right for domestic workers as well,” said Myrtle Witbooi, President of IDWF. “No recovery would be possible otherwise." Against Incidental Survival: Social Protection for Domestic Workers is not Luxury, it is a Must. On May 1st , the International Labour […]
