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Vietnam needs practical guidance to protect domestic workers

8 January, 2013

VIETNAM -

The new Labour Code in Vietnam adopted in June 2012 for the first time recognizes domestic work as a job and has five specific clauses covering this type of labour.

"This is a breakthrough," said Ms Lin Lean Lim, ILO consultant on Gender equality and Decent work. "It is so important to legalise domestic workers because this group is growing in the labour force".

No to child labour in domestic work - World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2013

7 January, 2013

GLOBAL -

Support "No child labour in domestic work - World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June 2013":

The ILO estimates that 15.5 million children are engaged in paid or unpaid domestic work in the home of a third party or employer. These children can be particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Their work is often hidden from the public eye, they may be isolated, and they may be working far away from their family home. Stories of the abuse of children in domestic work are all too common.

Giving domestic workers their due

7 January, 2013

INDIA -

"We are constantly under suspicion and mistrust. We rarely receive respect or kindness. Many domestic workers are compelled to work at five or six houses a day due to poverty and a desire to give our children good education," said a woman speaking for domestic workers at a tripartite meeting in Tiruchi, India, organised by NASS.

The establishment of a domestic-labor office is urged in Kuwait City

29 December, 2012

KUWAIT -

Secretary of the National Assembly, MP Kamel Al-Awadhi, stressed the importance of expediting the establishment of a company concerned with the employment of domestic workers. He said Kuwaiti families are continuously suffering domestic-worker related problems that incur huge amounts of money due to the manipulations and exploitations of recruitment companies.

Domestic Worker's Wage Increase 2012

29 December, 2012

SOUTH AFRICA -

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.

Kasambahay bill crucial in pushing for domestic workers’ rights abroad, groups say

29 December, 2012

PHILIPPINES -

"With respect to our trailblazing efforts in domestic worker advocacy worldwide, the Kasambahay bill will give us further momentum to push for rights of domestic workers, protection of domestic works," Cacdac said.

Hans Leo Cacdac, administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), chaired the Committee on Decent Work for Domestic Workers of International Labour Conference in Geneva in 2011 which adopted the C189.

Jamaica DWs Rally for the Ratification of C189

26 December, 2012

JAMAICA -

On December 15, Jamaica Household Workers' Association with over 200 Domestic Workers and partners from across the island gathered in Kingston pressuring the Government to ratify Convention 189......

Honour your domestic workers, fight for women's rights

26 December, 2012

GLOBAL -

Society can no longer take women's nurturing work in the home for granted. Nor can we with our domestic help. If real change in women's gender roles is going to start somewhere, it is here: on the home front.
 

All the best for the year ahead and a blessed festive season

23 December, 2012

GLOBAL -

Let's join in solidarity forever -
your pain is our pain, your struggle is our struggle.
If one wins, we all win.
We will work even harder next year,
to get all countries to ratify C189.

All the best for the year ahead and a blessed festive season.

The Word on Women - South America pushes for domestic workers’ rights

23 December, 2012

ARGENTINA & BRAZIL -

Passing laws to protect domestic worker rights is one thing. Implementing them and ensuring employers are fined and prosecuted for breaking the law is quite another matter. But Argentina and Brazil are taking important steps, making them members of a small club of nations pushing for domestic workers’ rights.

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