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  • Legal Instruments

    C189 Domestic Workers Convention 2011

    This Convention provides for decent work for domestic workers. It provides a definition of domestic work. It further provides that member...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Domestic Service Wages Council Wage Regulation Order

    The above Order applies to employees employed in private households, and serves as a regulation of their wages

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ministerial Regulation 14 Issued Under the Labour Protection Act, 1998

    This ministerial regulation seeks to extend the protection provided to the employee engaged in domestic work for more coverage.

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM junio 2017

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), junio 2017. Read the newsletter in English.Leer el boletín en...

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  • Stories / Case Studies

    Worker Profile: Caring for Others at Home and at Work

    Hetal Laileshbai Kishori of Ahmedabad does double duty, caring for others at home and as a domestic worker.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Household Workers Demand Respect and Our Rights

    Domestic Workers Rights Leaflet: Explains why an ILO Convention is needed and the steps and actions to be taken to achieve this. Also available...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    ILO-IPEC

    ILO-IPEC – Domestic Labour, Global Facts and Figures in Brief

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Size and Significance of the Informal Economy

    In many cities in developing countries, informal employment accounts for the majority of employment. Data analysis suggests that informal...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    SEWA Newsletter No. 45

    Contents:           SEWA’s Unique Co-operatives: Gujarat Women’s SEWA Cooperative Federation     SEWA’s Co-operatives Sweep...

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