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Protection for Domestic Workers! conference statement

Document number
1257
Date
2006
Title
Protection for Domestic Workers! conference statement
Author/publisher
IRENE (International Restructuring Education Network Europe), FNV Mondiaal (Netherlands), the Committee for Asian Women (CAW) and the Asian Domestic Workers’ Network, WIEGO (Women in the Informal Economy Globalising and Organising)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
Summary
This conference, attended by some 60 representatives of domestic/household workers’ trade unions, associations and regional/international networks, Global Unions and national trade unions, and support NGOs, from around the world:Expresses our common outrage at: The exploitation of many domestic/household workers across the globe, particularly of highly vulnerable migrant workers (many forced to be undocumented) as well as children who do this work; The lack of recognition of the contribution that domestic/household workers make, without which societies and economies could not function; The continuing failure to recognise domestic/household work as “work” under employment legislation in many countries, so denying these workers the rights and respect they deserve. We therefore demand: Decent Work for Domestic Workers! And recommend: The setting up of an interim working group which, over the coming year to end 2007, has the task of investigating the possibilities for greater international activity for the rights of domestic/household workers worldwide.
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