The ILO’s work around fundamental principles and rights at work emphasizes the elimination of child labour, forced labour, discrimination, and the promotion of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. These efforts are crucial to establishing decent working conditions for domestic workers, as many are still excluded from these fundamental rights and high instances of child labour characterizes the sector. Reports on these issues reveal a need to take legislative and policy action to end child labour and to protect young workers in domestic work, monitor the extent of abuse and determine whether workers have been victims of forced labour or trafficking for labour exploitation.

Key Resources:

• Ending child labour in domestic work and protecting young workers from abusive working conditions, Report
• Indispensable yet unprotected: Working conditions of Indian Domestic Workers at Home and Abroad, Study
• Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Domestic Work, Brochure
• FAIR SHARE? International recruitment in the Philippines, Working Paper
• For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon, Working Paper
• The Migrant Recruitment Industry: Profitability and unethical business practices in Nepal, Paraguay and Kenya, Report
• Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East, Book
• Regulating International Labour Recruitment in the Domestic Work Sector, Brief
• Practical Guide to Ending Child Labour and Protecting Young Workers in Domestic Work