A global, democratic and united movement advancing #DomesticWorkers’ rights across borders. 💛
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How can we put workers at the centre of care economy investment❓
🗓️ Join us on Oct 26 to learn how growing investment in the care economy across Asia-Pacific can deliver transformative change for workers in informal employment.
🔗 Register to attend: buff.ly/FiJrr5Y
🗓️ El 15 y 16 de octubre, nuestra afiliada UPACP llevó a cabo en Buenos Aires un taller de capacitación para sus miembros en el marco de la “Campaña regional por el trabajo decente en la economía de los cuidados: ratificación e implementación del Convenio 189 y fortalecimiento...
...de los derechos de las trabajadoras del hogar en América Latina”, un proyecto desarrollado conjuntamente por la FITH, la OIT y la CSA en Argentina, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala y República Dominicana.
[IDWF News 📰] 20 years after Uruguay's Domestic Work Law, workers say it is still not fully respected, especially outside Montevideo.
ladiaria.com.uy/trabajo/arti…
[IDWF News 📰] After 22 years of campaigning, Indonesia's new law recognises domestic workers as employees, with written contracts, paid leave and social security. #DomesticWorkers
vietnam.vn/es/indonesia-dam-…
[IDWF News 📰] Brazil's National Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution drafted by Themis and FENATRAD to guide policy on decent work, social protection and access to justice for domestic workers.
sul21.com.br/noticias/geral/…
[IDWF News 📰] Dignity in Every Home: Izwi, SERI, UDWOSA and SADSAWU are helping South Africa's domestic workers know their rights, from written contracts to UIF and COIDA.
citizen.co.za/highway-mail/n…
[IDWF News 📰] 29 US states score D or lower in The Century Foundation's new care report card. Meanwhile, Washington became the 13th state with a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.
tcf.org/content/report/care-…
[IDWF News 📰] Over 90% of employers at an ILO training in Tanga, Tanzania, didn't know their obligations to domestic workers. Contracts, the minimum wage and the legal working age were on the agenda.
dailynews.co.tz/ilo-educates…
[IDWF News 📰] "We are an adjustment variable." Daniel Moreno of the domestic workers' union in La Pampa, Argentina, explains why wages keep losing ground to inflation.
infopico.com/2026/08/28/dani…
[IDWF News 📰] Thomas Mboya, a KUDHEIHA member since 1993, is now the union's acting General Secretary, following the death of Albert Njeru Obed.
the-star.co.ke/news/2026-09-…
[IDWF News 📰] Through life stories and drawings, Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Kuala Lumpur are creating a book about their journeys, with Pertimig and Universitas Brawijaya.
ketik.com/berita/kolaborasi-…
[IDWF News 📰] 23 domestic workers in Morogoro, Tanzania, have been trained in early childhood development through CHODAWU and TECDEN. Care work is skilled work.
tecden.or.tz/tecden-and-chod…
[IDWF News 📰] How can migrant domestic workers in the UK report abuse without risking their job or visa? Voice of Domestic Workers, FLEX and CAS Analytics are asking the workers themselves.
labourexploitation.org/news/…
[IDWF News 📰] The labour movement mourns Albert Njeru Obed, General Secretary of KUDHEIHA and COTU Treasurer General, who gave his working life to the welfare and dignity of workers.
the-star.co.ke/news/2026-08-…
[IDWF News 📰] Nigeria adopted C189 in 2011 but has never ratified it. NUHPSW and IDWF are pressing the government to act as the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights moves through the House. #RatifyC189
tribuneonlineng.com/nuhpsw-i…
[IDWF News 📰] Brazil's new Law 15.455/2026 protects domestic workers rescued from slavery: six months of unemployment insurance instead of three, access to social programmes and support to rebuild their lives. #DomesticWorkers
latamgremial.com/brasil-refu…
[IDWF News 📰] Lebanon's labour law excludes domestic workers. In wartime, that means withheld wages, seized passports and shelters that turn migrant workers away.
fairplanet.org/story/lebanon…
[IDWF News 📰] "I didn't even have time to go to the toilet." Filipino domestic workers tell Amnesty International about the 14-hour days and abuse they faced in Saudi Arabia. #Kafala
amnesty.org/en/latest/campai…
