Domestic work is care work, and as the world celebrates International Domestic Workers’ Day on 16 June, the anniversary of ILO Convention 189 on domestic workers, it is high time we make it decent work.

 

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2024 Thai Regulations on Domestic Work: Are you following the law?
A woman domestic worker holding a dish.

Domestic workers

2024 Thai Regulations on Domestic Work: Are you following the law?

ILO COOP/SSE Meets with WIEGO and Global Informal Economy Worker Membership Based Organization Networks
Meeting participants - ILO COOP SSE and WIEGO

ILO COOP/SSE Meets with WIEGO and Global Informal Economy Worker Membership Based Organization Networks

How do domestic workers fare in your country?

How do domestic workers fare in your country?

ILO launches new strategy to achieve decent work for domestic workers

ILO launches new strategy to achieve decent work for domestic workers

There is no social justice without decent work for domestic workers

There is no social justice without decent work for domestic workers

Podcast: Is domestic work care work?

Podcast: Is domestic work care work?

Publications

From Home Village to Metro City: Looking back and ahead at a labour migration corridor for domestic workers in India

From Home Village to Metro City: Looking back and ahead at a labour migration corridor for domestic workers in India

Placement agencies and migrant live-in domestic workers in an Indian metro city: A view from below into the evolving practices of...

Placement agencies and migrant live-in domestic workers in an Indian metro city: A view from below into the evolving practices of...

Gendering migration pathways from Bangladesh to Jordan and Lebanon: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Gendering migration pathways from Bangladesh to Jordan and Lebanon: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Contact info

For additional information on the ILO's Domestic Work topic please contact the Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Conditions Branch at inwork@ilo.org