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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Africa Regional Workshop, took place in Dar-es-salaam, 24-26 May 2019......
Five Years a Federation - The IDWF Second Congress 2018......

The Price of Justice exposes how migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong face a range of administrative and financial obstacles when filing a claim against their employer at the conciliation...

This research was a joint effort between the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) and six affiliates of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya,...

The Domestic Work Policy Brief aims to put the voice of domestic workers (DWs) at the centre and the forefront of their movement. As IDWF has multiple affiliates around the...

Project of DOMINA – National Association for Family Employment in the Domestic Work Sector IDWF – International Domestic Workers Federation. In today’s globalized economy, domestic workers are increasingly looking for...

“Gender-based violence has been a silent killer of many domestic workers around the world as we are scared to speak out, afraid of losing our jobs. We need to lift...

Care is about the activities done for a person’s own well-being, including one or more persons’ physical, psychological, emotional and developmental needs......

The study revealed that domestic workers across the three countries tend to be completely reliant on their jobs as a main source of income and that the majority also happen...

The Kafala, sponsorship system is a set of policies and laws that tie the migrant worker’s status to the sponsor. Migrant Domestic Workers (MDWs) are governed by this system and...

On the occasion of the 20 year jubilee of the adoption of International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and...

This Survey was designed in April 2020 since it was already clear for the regional IDWF team in Latin America that we had to generate our own information of “hard...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disastrous impact on employment and working conditions across the globe....
C189 is ours. It was not won for us. We won it, and we have to guard it and use it....

We have to ensure that domestic workers are covered by all EU labour and social legislation, including occupational health and safety regulations, that they enjoy equal rights and protection, including...

In this newly published report, SEWA – the Self Employed Women’s Association, shared their stories in organizing domestic workers and advocating for their rights. Download here English

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With the purpose of helping to improve working and occupational safety and health conditions of domestic workers, it was deemed necessary to develop a guide – aimed at both employers...