Publications

Welcome to our Publications page. Here you can read more about IDWF research, work, resources and tools that we have produced over the years.

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Constitution 2023, International Domestic Workers Federation...

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Violence and harassment take many forms. Whether a single or a repeated occurrence, whether it aims or results in violence, whether it is physical, psychological, sexual, or economic, bears no...
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects recent changes and the impact of such changes, as well as the...
This podcast was recorded in November 2022 in Qatar to outline migrant domestic workers’ experiences of the labor law reforms and hear their demands on areas of improvement. All the...
Hard hit by the pandemic, domestic workers suffered devastating job loss, displacement from homes, and exposure to serious health risks on the job....
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Kathmandu in 2019 with 70 domestic workers. Follow-up interviews were held with domestic worker leaders as the COVID-19 pandemic...
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Delhi, Faridabad and Gurgaon in 2019 with 176 domestic workers....
This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Kerala state. The study is based on interviews with domestic workers and their organizations,...
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Madhya Pradesh (Indore) in 2019 with 101 domestic workers....
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Nagaland in 2019 with 81 domestic workers....
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Tamil Nadu (Chennai) in 2019 with 73 domestic workers....
This fact sheet provides results from a survey completed in Dhaka in 2019 with 100 domestic workers....
This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in the city of Patna in Bihar state. The study is based on interviews with...
Latin American domestic workers’ union leadership training school
Leadership, Unity (re)Novation, Amplification...
This Manual is intended to raise awareness among Household Workers, Employers, the Community, Law Enforcement agencies and Legislators on the rights and importance of this sector in Jamaica....
This material is made up of the guide for facilitators and the activity book......

This is the report of an action conference held on 8-10 November 2006 in Amsterdam, at the headquarters of the FNV trade union federation of the Netherlands. The participants were...

Domestic workers deserve to be included in the ILO mission as professional workers. This document lays out the fundamental necessities for decent work for domestic workers. We want and believe...