Decent work for domestic workers
- Document number
- 2668
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Decent work for domestic workers
- Author/publisher
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011, Fourth item on the agenda
- Summary
- The agenda of the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference in 2010 included an item on decent work for domestic workers. The background to this item can be traced back to 2008, when the Governing Body of the ILO, at its 301st Session (March 2008), decided to place such an item on the agenda of the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference in 2010 for a double discussion leading to the adoption of international labour standards on decent work for domestic workers. 1 It was considered necessary to adopt international standards on this subject given the historical and continued exclusion of domestic workers, mainly women and girls, from labour protection. Setting new standards on domestic work presents an unprecedented opportunity for the ILO to break into the informal economy and deliver decent work to millions of the world‟s most vulnerable workers.
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