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Malaysia: Rasa dan Asa Movie launch - Migrant Domestic Workers' tell their life in COVID-19 pandemic

Malaysia: Rasa dan Asa Movie launch - Migrant Domestic Workers' tell their life in COVID-19 pandemic

by Fish Ip — last modified Oct 14, 2022 12:37 PM

Rasa dan Asa - Movie Premiere at FreedomFilmFest 2022 | Indonesian migrant domestic workers tell their stories and lives during the COVID-19 lockdown | Domestic workers in solidarity and resilience fighting for their rights | #DomesticWorkisWork #1DayOff4DomesticWorkers

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Hong Kong: Alleged “Job-hopping” Silences Abuse, FADWU Calls for a Stop to the Discriminatory Policies

Hong Kong: Alleged “Job-hopping” Silences Abuse, FADWU Calls for a Stop to the Discriminatory Policies

by Fish Ip — last modified Aug 08, 2022 01:18 PM

On 7 Aug 2022, FADWU organizes a press conference in response to the Immigration Department of Hong Kong alleging migrant domestic workers on “Job-hopping”

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IDWF Message on International Domestic Workers Day 2022

IDWF Message on International Domestic Workers Day 2022

by IDWFED — last modified Jun 16, 2022 04:16 PM

"Domestic workers spent 3 years at the ILO to fight for the Domestic Workers’ Convention, and now we are proud to celebrate it, 11 years after its adoption. It is our convention; we must know it, own it, and use it."

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Ratify the C189 Decent Work for Domestic Workers - Formalizing the Informal Workers and Achieving Gender Equality in Spain

Ratify the C189 Decent Work for Domestic Workers - Formalizing the Informal Workers and Achieving Gender Equality in Spain

by IDWFED — last modified Jun 15, 2022 02:01 PM

An Open Letter to Mr. Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister and members of the SENATE of Spain on the International Domestic Workers Day 2022.

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Global Position Paper from Workers' Organizations in the Informal Economy

Global Position Paper from Workers' Organizations in the Informal Economy

by IDWFED — last modified May 27, 2022 04:25 PM

ILC 110th Session – General Discussion on the Social and Solidarity Economy

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 Freedom of Association: Migrant Domestic Workers Path towards Labor Rights

Freedom of Association: Migrant Domestic Workers Path towards Labor Rights

by IDWFED — last modified May 11, 2022 04:37 PM

IDWF IMRF Side Event 2022

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Singapore: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Conducted a Training in Organizing

Singapore: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Conducted a Training in Organizing

by IDWFED — last modified May 11, 2022 02:59 PM

On Sunday, 27 March, 2022, Persaudaraan Pekerja Migran Indonesia (IPPMI) in Singapore organized the 1st training in organizing supported by International Domestic Workers Federation. IPPMI Singapore was established in March 2021, amid the pandemic, with the aims of organizing MDWs and building a safe space for them to gather, exchange ideas and learn together in Singapore.

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Let's Talk about Resilience - The Pandemic and Domestic Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean

Let's Talk about Resilience - The Pandemic and Domestic Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean

by IDWFED — last modified Aug 10, 2022 05:39 PM

The Covid-19 crisis has shown the terrible lack of protection that domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer, but it has also shown that without them, our societies collapse. There is only one way to repair such a contradiction: the Latin American states need to recognize domestic work as work and guarantee it is carried out in decent conditions, equal to those of other salaried sectors.

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"We are Not Part of Your Family; We Have Our Own" - The Domestic Workers' Movement

"We are Not Part of Your Family; We Have Our Own" - The Domestic Workers' Movement

by IDWFED — last modified Aug 10, 2022 05:40 PM

Domestic workers in Latin America are united to ensure that domestic work is projected as decent work with a comprehensive care system. The Guide is an additional tool to promote safe and healthy conditions in the workplace with an additional focus on co-responsibility with employers so that they fully comply with their obligations. This protects both parties with responsibility and conviction to improve working conditions. The effective recovery of the economy and society demands, today more than ever, solutions with a gender equity perspective where the role of domestic work and care is at the center and forefront of the fight against poverty.

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We've Come a Long Way and a Long Way We Will Go  - IDWF Announcement on IWD 2022

We've Come a Long Way and a Long Way We Will Go - IDWF Announcement on IWD 2022

by IDWFED — last modified Mar 08, 2022 03:30 PM

Let’s break the silence. Let’s stand tall. Let’s move mountains.

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IDWF events in March of 2022, at around the UNCSW 66th Session

IDWF events in March of 2022, at around the UNCSW 66th Session

by IDWFED — last modified Mar 16, 2022 02:05 PM

Summary of IDWF events in March of 2022, at around the UNCSW 66th Session

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Silent No More: Domestic Workers Confront Violence at Work

Silent No More: Domestic Workers Confront Violence at Work

by IDWFED — last modified Mar 04, 2022 06:03 PM

A webinar organised by the International Domestic Workers Federation and LabourStart.

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The War Must Stop Now:  IDWF Solidarity Statement with Ukraine

The War Must Stop Now: IDWF Solidarity Statement with Ukraine

by IDWFED — last modified Mar 04, 2022 09:20 PM

In Solidarity with Ukraine, the people of Ukraine, and the people in Ukraine. May this war end now.

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Hong Kong: Pandemic highlights Hong Kong’s reliance on migrant domestic workers and the government’s failure to protect them

Hong Kong: Pandemic highlights Hong Kong’s reliance on migrant domestic workers and the government’s failure to protect them

by Fish Ip — last modified Feb 25, 2022 07:41 PM

The pandemic has highlighted how important migrant domestic workers are to families in Hong Kong, yet new research reveals that the government’s mechanisms to protect them are not fit for purpose.

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Media launch of Fit for Purpose - assessing compliance with the Code of Practice

Media launch of Fit for Purpose - assessing compliance with the Code of Practice

by Fish Ip — last modified Feb 18, 2022 03:54 PM

FADWU research report reveals government monitoring on private employment agencies is still lacking.

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We have a master’s degree

We have a master’s degree

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Dec 20, 2021 10:12 PM

An interrupted education did not interrupt Nellie’s ambitions

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Full of Hope

Full of Hope

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Dec 15, 2021 06:06 AM

Emebet organizes domestic workers in Ethiopia

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Malaysia: Justice to Adelina ! Stop Abuse - No to exclusion from Labour Protection!

Malaysia: Justice to Adelina ! Stop Abuse - No to exclusion from Labour Protection!

by Fish Ip — last modified Dec 10, 2021 04:54 PM

An abuser of domestic workers should not be walking free. We must give justice and rights to migrant domestic workers in Malaysia. AMMPO and PERTIMIG Malaysia express their demand to include domestic workers in the Employment Act (2021) Bill.

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Determination, Solidarity, and Internationalism

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Nov 08, 2021 10:43 PM

IDWF Calendar 2022

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IDWF Statement on the Global Day of Action on Care 2021

by IDWFED — last modified Oct 29, 2021 02:49 PM

As care work is not only the unpaid feminized labor within families, but it also encompasses work within the paid economy, particularly jobs that provide market substitutes for services women once provided in the home, we must investigate the labor divides within the paid care sector.

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We must employ pregnant, breastfeeding women, and mothers

We must employ pregnant, breastfeeding women, and mothers

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Oct 24, 2021 10:35 PM

Asmaou Bah sets an example, SYNEM-Guinea

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SYNEMAG-B is playing many chords

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Oct 18, 2021 08:03 PM

Income generating activities for dispossessed workers, IDWF Calendar 2022

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"Give me a foothold and I will move the world"

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Oct 12, 2021 12:48 AM

The Story of Kety from IPROFOTH, Peru . IDWF Calendar 2022

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Journey from Fragile Childhood to Leadership and Unionism

Journey from Fragile Childhood to Leadership and Unionism

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Sep 26, 2021 10:24 PM

IDWF Calendar 2022

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There is Safety in Numbers

There is Safety in Numbers

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Sep 18, 2021 02:30 AM

IDWF Calendar, Jordan

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We Can Aspire for More: Lucía’s work, dedication, and struggle

by Sofia Trevino — last modified Sep 18, 2021 02:15 AM

IDWF Calendar of Domestic Workers Movement 2022

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In Solidarity: IDWF calls for the inclusion of domestic workers in evacuation plans in Afghanistan

In Solidarity: IDWF calls for the inclusion of domestic workers in evacuation plans in Afghanistan

by IDWFED — last modified Aug 21, 2021 05:41 PM

We call for the inclusion of domestic workers in evacuation plans and the creation of safe channels for the return of low-waged migrants in Afghanistan to their home countries.

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Sri Lanka: Minister of Labor pledges to make laws for domestic workers

Sri Lanka: Minister of Labor pledges to make laws for domestic workers

by Fish Ip — last modified Aug 16, 2021 02:13 PM

With over a decade's fight for a domestic workers law by the Domestic Workers Union (DWU), Hon Namal Siripala De Silva, Labour minister of Sri Lanka, has promised now to bring cabinet paper within 2 weeks time to legally protect domestic workers.

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ILC109: Workers take fight for social protection to ILC

ILC109: Workers take fight for social protection to ILC

by IDWFED — last modified Nov 11, 2021 04:43 PM

The global networks of workers in the informal economy outlined three key demands for the discussion: 1) Direct representation of informal economy worker organizations, 2) universal social protection and 3) Collective and solidarity financing of social protection systems. Below is a summary of how these demands were reflected in the ILC discussion, and in the adopted conclusions.

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The Battle is Not Over: We will Keep Uplifting Domestic Worker's Voices

The Battle is Not Over: We will Keep Uplifting Domestic Worker's Voices

by IDWFED — last modified Jul 13, 2021 11:05 PM

Interview with Doug Moore

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