--Domestic workers' rights move closer to becoming reality worldwide
June 14 2013
"According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are 53-100 million domestic workers worldwide, 83 per cent of whom are women.[1] They represent 4 to 10 per cent of the labour force in developing countries and about 2 per cent in developed countries.[2] Their work is an important contribution to economic and social development. Still, 40 per cent of countries worldwide have no form of regulation of any kind for domestic workers.[3]
Around the world, UN Women is working with Governments, domestic workers' unions and the private sector to promote the rights of domestic workers –majority of who work as domestic helps in households-and ensure that domestic work is both regulated and covered by social protection. This includes supporting the Global Forum on Migration and Development and promoting the ratification of ILO Convention 189 on domestic work – a landmark international treaty adopted on 16 June 2011, which will come into force on 5 September 2013."
For full article including snapshots of the work UNWomen have been involved in throughout the world: http://www.unwomen.org/2013/06/global-efforts-domestic-workers/
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