There are between 400,000 and 600,000 undocumented migrants in France. Most of them work. Through this photo report, these men and women share their daily realities.Read the full article
South Africa’s domestic work sector has long been characterised by a high degree of informality and poor adherence to labour regulations.Read the full article
Whether in public or private, in the domestic or labour sphere, the killing of women, girls and non-binary people because of their sex and gender is a global phenomenon. According to a 2021 UNODC report, a woman or girl was killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in [...]Read the full article
Domestic work in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the main source of employment for thousands of people, mainly women living in extreme poverty.Read the full article
Owen Tudor:Ten years ago, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 on the rights of domestic workers. Since that ground-breaking step, 35 countries around the world have ratified C189, but only seven of them are in the Commonwealth, which covers a third of [...]Read the full article
The pandemic has highlighted the crucial social role played by migrant domestic workers in Italy, yet the state continues to discriminate against them and to deprive them of adequate protection. The plight of those working without papers – the majority – is even [...]Read the full article
Guinea has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and ILO Convention 189 on domestic workers, yet the reality on the ground is that domestic workers, mostly female and some underage, continue to suffer all kinds of abuses at the hands of their [...]Read the full article
Sixty-one per cent of the global workforce has neither a fixed employment contract nor a safety net to deal with lockdown measures. Organisations that represent informal workers are demanding a say in designing public policy on economic recovery and [...]Read the full article
“The employers just think about their money and tell us to work, work, work, work,” answers Rosa. “But our work is so important. Why isn’t it appreciated?”Read the full article
In response to the poor working conditions they face, domestic workers in Mexico – who are often ignored or looked down upon – are organising to stand up for their rights.Read the full article
“Gender-based violence in school and at home, harmful traditional practices – all aggravated by poverty – are the factors pushing children into domestic work. If we had good and strict laws which prohibit children from working, we will not be where we are [...]Read the full article
In France, the high proportion of women amongst the ‘yellow vests’ protesters reminds us that this particular group of workers turn the wheels of essential services, such as health and education. They represent the ignored power of the social [...]Read the full article
Hundreds of young girls living on the streets have virtually no access to education or health care. They often go hungry, suffer violence and feel rejected, excluded from society.Read the full article
In a world where goods and capital flow freely, it should come as no surprise that men and women are also crossing borders more frequently.Read the full article
The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) latest annual survey on workers’ rights around the world is published on 7 June.Read the full article
Despite significant progress at both a national and international level, the socio-economic status of domestic workers in Brazil is still precarious, and new challenges are emerging.Read the full article
Kimaya de Silva:Women migrant workers face extreme forms of social control in Saudi Arabia. One Sri Lankan woman shares her story of everyday resistance despite serious constraints.Read the full article
Government statistics show that 39 Indonesians died in the Middle East and Africa between January and July 2017 – that’s one person every four days.Read the full article
Rothna Begum:"Gulf states like Oman, UAE, and Qatar are introducing reforms for domestic workers that are only improvements on paper."Read the full article