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Philippines: Aquino signs ILO convention to protect domestic workers’ rights

By InterAksyon.com

31 May 2012

MANILA, Philippines – Good news for domestic workers. President Benigno Aquino III has signed the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 189 on Decent Work for … Read More

May 31, 2012
From Aspiration to Realization: ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

This publication reports on MFA’s engagement at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland on 1-17 June 2011.

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April 10, 2012
Reports and provisional records from the 100th Session of the ILC

The International Labour Organisation published provisional records concerning decent work for domestic workers. These documents are the results of the two week-long deliberations among governments, employers’ and workers’ groups at … Read More

June 16, 2011
World Leaders Address the ILC

On June 14th, in a high-level session of the International Labour Conference, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke in support of the Convention and Recommendation … Read More

June 13, 2011
ILO Convention 189: Decent Work for Domestic Workers!

Geneva, Switzerland

“As it is so hereby adopted.” At 12:15pm on June 10th, the Committee on Domestic Work adopted the text of the Recommendation to supplement the Convention on Domestic … Read More

June 10, 2011
ILC Committee on Domestic Work Adopts Recommendation Text

The Deliberations at the ILC on the Convention for Domestic Work have come to a close. After deliberations that lasted until 9:30pm last night, and continued into this morning, the … Read More

June 10, 2011
Statement: Upholding the Rights and Dignity of Domestic Workers: an ILO Convention after 63 years

Geneva, Switzerland: On June 9th, MFA representatives addressed the media to share reflections on the text of the Domestic Workers Convention, recently adopted by the Committee on Domestic Workers at … Read More

June 9, 2011
Deliberations at the ILC Continue Following Adoption of Convention Text

Following the excitement of last night’s adoption of the Convention for Domestic Work by the Committee, the MFA delegates returned to the Palais des Nations this morning for the continuing … Read More

June 7, 2011
ILC Social Partners Debate Provisions of Domestic Workers’ Convention

The social partners of the International Labour Conference – employers groups, governments, and workers groups – debated and came to a consensus on the preambular paragraphs, and Convention Articles 1-8 … Read More

June 3, 2011
MFA Delivers Statement to the ILC

Geneva: On June 2nd, following interventions by 26 of the participating countries of the International Labour Conference (ILC), five NGOs, including Migrant Forum in Asia, were given the opportunity to … Read More

June 2, 2011

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