News and articles on domestic work
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Rights of domestic workers
New ILO policy brief calls for domestic workers to be included in care policies to ensure their rights at work
08 March 2024
Domestic workers play an integral and increasing role in care provision but lack access to labour rights and social protection. Governments and social partners need to act.
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News
Moving towards equality: The role of care work in the Latin American labour market
07 March 2024
Analysing the intersection between gender, employment and care, the ILO presents a detailed report that calls for transformative action to redistribute care work around co-responsibility and social justice.
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ILOSTAT
Why measuring unpaid domestic and care work matters
27 October 2023
Every day, more than 16 billion hours are devoted to unpaid domestic and care work around the world. As global populations age, these figures are set to rise, and quantifying unpaid domestic and care work is critical to understanding labour under-utilisation, employment trends, and gender-based inequalities.
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Prevention of HIV at workplace
Indonesia launches its HIV/AIDS National Action Plan to accelerate the achievement of Ending AIDS by 2030
27 October 2023
The ILO supports the Ministry of Manpower developing the National Action Plan on Preventing and Handling HIV/AIDS at Workplace 2024-2028 as a guideline for synergising actions in preventing and handling HIV/AIDS at workplaces in 27 districts and cities nationwide.
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News
ILO FAIRWAY Programme and en.v tackle complex attitudes of employers of domestic workers through experimental project
17 October 2023
From February to June 2023, FAIRWAY piloted the creation of the Women’s Circle project in Kuwait – an experimental, community-led project designed by en.v, which focussed on shifting mindsets of Kuwaiti female employers of domestic workers, through facilitated dialogue.
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News
Indonesian young workers are still vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and have limited access to social protection
14 August 2023
The joint study of ILO and YARSI University maps the vulnerability of young workers to HIV/AIDS and their access to social protection. The study recommends expanding the access of young workers to HIV education programme and social protection.
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News
Innovative HIV e-Learning benefits companies in strengthening HIV workplace programme
08 August 2023
The e-Learning platform for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS at the Workplace programme has benefited hundreds of companies. The platform is jointly developed by the ILO and its social partners to improve the existing Manpower Ministry’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) platform.