At its 301st Session (March 2008), the International Labour Organization (ILO ) Governing Body agreed to put an
\nitem on decent work for domestic workers on the agenda at the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010, with a view to the setting of labour standards. The ILO ‘s decision to include the discussion on decent work for domestic workers in the 2010 International Labour Conference (ILC) is a significant and crucial development for women’s movement and domestic workers groups. In preparation for this, ILO issued a Law and Practice Report along with a questionnaire in April 2009 for governments, labor unions and employers (tripartite approach) to answer. The process hopes to culminate in a Domestic Workers Convention, which would recognize the dignity of domestic work and provide better protection for domestic workers, including migrant domestic workers.<\/p>\n
Consistent with its advocacy for the recognition of domestic work as work and to prepare for the upcoming campaign in the ILC and ILO , and upon the release of the questionnaire, Migrant Forum in Asia (M FA) and Asian M igrant Domestic Workers Alliance (ADWA) spearheaded the consultations at the national and regional levels. These processes sought to generate responses to a possible ILO instrument that addresses the specific conditions of domestic workers and strengthens protections of this vulnerable informal sector. These consultations w ere done in collaboration with our partner trade unions and civil society organizations.<\/p>\n
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