Domestic Workers’ Rights Network (DWRN) has organised the event at the office of Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) in the city’s Dhanmondi area to review the draft of Domestic […]
Let us take a moment to say thank you and salute all for the achievements over the last year. Details Dear Workers, 2015 is nearly over. Let us take a […]
The last year was an extremely important year for IDWF. It was a year of rapid growth, both in terms of membership size and leadership formation. It was evident as […]
Contributors: Andrew Tito/Beritahati National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT) assess the atrocity that often do employers of domestic workers is evidence of the absence of the state's role […]
Contributors: Jill Shenker Remarks by Jill Shenker, North America Coordinator for the International Domestic Workers Federation, who spoke about the need to value care work. Details UN CSW60 High-level event […]
Contributors: Jill Shenker Shirley Pryce (Jamaica Household Workers Union, Caribbean Domestic Workers Network, International Domestic Workers Federation) spoke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women 60 (2016) panel […]
Contributors: Selma Ikela and Alvine Kapitako/New Era Exactly one year since the minimum wage for domestic workers was introduced, some of domestic employees are yet to reap the fruits of […]
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) has called on East African and Gulf Arab countries to ratify International Labour Convention 189 of 2011 to improve the conditions of domestic workers […]
Contributors: Yasin Kakande/Migrant-Rights Leaders from East African domestic worker unions assembled in Tanzania this week to demand their governments do more to safeguard the rights of migrant domestic workers going […]
IDWF Europe Coordinator Karin Pape; Executive Members Grace Papa and Wendy Paula Garlaza Quinonez were representing the IDWF to talk about the rights of domestic workers at the European Federation […]
In Trinidad and Tobago, domestic work (estimated at 30,000 employees by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago) is a growing sector. The members of the National Union of Domestic Workers […]
Contributors: Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) observed World day against the Child Labour with expressing union commitment to avoid use of child labour in supply […]
