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Domestic Work: Mobilising for the ILO Convention

Document number
2528
Date
2010
Title
Domestic Work: Mobilising for the ILO Convention
Author/publisher
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Economy in transition, Youth employment, State socialism, Socio-Economic transition, Discrimination, Unemployment, Poverty, Community development, Social security, Social exclusion, Health care, Drugs abuse, Health, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
Summary
The International Trade Union Confederation has published the report “Domestic Work: Mobilising for the ILO Convention” on domestic workers, especially women migrant domestic workers, who are exposed in their millions to the risk of exploitation and abuse reaching terrible extremes. The report offers testimonies and an encouraging insight into good trade union practices in the various regions of the world. 
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