A global, democratic and united movement advancing #DomesticWorkers’ rights across borders. 💛
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[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
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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[IDWF News 📰] Thomas Mboya, a KUDHEIHA member since 1993, is now the union's acting General Secretary, following the death of Albert Njeru Obed.
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[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.
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[IDWF News 📰] 23 domestic workers in Morogoro, Tanzania, have been trained in early childhood development through CHODAWU and TECDEN. Care work is skilled work.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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
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[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
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[IDWF News 📰] Lebanon's labour law excludes domestic workers. In wartime, that means withheld wages, seized passports and shelters that turn migrant workers away.
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[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
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[IDWF News 📰] No new ban on Nigerian domestic workers in Kuwait, says Nigeria's Foreign Ministry. Recruitment remains suspended by Nigeria's own embassy over concerns about workers' welfare.
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[IDWF News 📰] Families in Jersey who employ accredited nannies can now receive public childcare funding for 2- and 3-year-olds. #DomesticWorkers
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[IDWF News 📰] In Spain, 69% of domestic and care workers are foreign-born, and many work without a contract. Without one, a decent pension is out of reach.
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[IDWF News 📰] Italy recorded 804,000 regular domestic work contracts in 2025, the fourth year of decline. Almost one in two jobs in the sector is outside the rules.
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Domestic workers are a major part of the care workforce, yet two thirds of domestic workers in Asia and the Pacific are not eligible for social protection at all. #APSP2026 #EmpoweredLivesResilientFutures
Secretary General of UNITED, explained to government officials and stakeholders why the world should care for those who care for you.
Her message is part of the regional advocacy IDWF has been building with WIEGO and HomeNet Southeast Asia on the care economy and social
protection, to make sure domestic and home-based workers are heard where these policies are decided. WIEGO is showing the video at its booth throughout the week.
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#DomesticWorkers #SocialProtection #CareEconomy #C189 #DecentWork
