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23 June 2015 The change is possible! By Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer Photo courtesy of Queen’s Young Leader Foundation When Angel Benedicto was 16 years old it’s unlikely she thought that her future held being named a Queen’s Young Leader, and casually mingling with… Keep reading »
16 June 2015 Four years on from ILO Domestic Work Convention we need to do more to protect domestic workers worldwide. By Silvia Cormaci, Women and Girls Programme Co-ordinator Today we celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of a very important instrument for the protection and recognition of the… Keep reading »
New report: Widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon a direct consequence of the systems in place in both countries. New research looking at the vulnerabilities to widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon rooted directly in the systems in place in both… Keep reading »
25 February 2013 Ten international organisations called on ministers of labor around the world to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention to protect the rights child domestic workers. The coalition sent a joint letter released today. The International Labour Organization’s convention, has been adopted in June 2011 to protect the… Keep reading »
29 February 2012 This morning’s announcement by Home Secretary Theresa May to change the rules for migrant domestic workers, including the removal of the right to change employer, will facilitate slavery and trafficking, say human rights charities Kalayaan and Anti-Slavery International. Migrant domestic workers are vulnerable to horrific abuse and… Keep reading »
16 June 2011 A new international convention to protect tens of millions of domestic workers across the world has been agreed by an overwhelming majority of governments, trade unions and employers organisations. International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers was backed by 83 per cent… Keep reading »
6 June 2010 Child domestic workers from around the world are visiting Geneva to meet national governments and to persuade ministers on the need for a new international convention to protect domestic workers. Current and former child domestic workers from Peru, India and Togo will be leaving their countries for… Keep reading »
27 August 2008 More than one migrant domestic worker a week dies in Lebanon from suicide or by accident in a desperate attempt to escape from their employers, according to Human Rights Watch. Since January 2007, 95 migrant domestic workers have died in the Lebanon. Forty were classed as suicide… Keep reading »
17 September 2007 On 17 September, a French court found the former Prime Minister of Burundi and his wife guilty of slavery. Gabriele Mpozagara and his wife Candide were sentenced in absentia to 12 and 15 months in prison respectively for enslaving their nieces. Each was fined 10,000 euros (US$13,869),… Keep reading »