A coalition of organisations has organised this seminar:
FNV Mondiaal, Asian Domestic Workers Network in which the Committee for Asian Women (CAW) and the Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) are represented, WIEGO and IRENE. The coalition worked closely with CONLACTRAHO the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation for Domestic Workers.
The ITUC supported the organisation of this conference.
The conference was 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.
The full English report published here. The Spanish, French and probably Portuguese version will follow soon.
Use this report to support the work to realise full workers' and human rights for domestic workers.
If you want to translate it into a language you work in, please do. But tell us, and please mention the source.
You can download the reports here:
Full English report 118 pages - 4,4 Mb: 
Or download the report in 3 parts
In English Part I - 2,6 Mb:
In English Part II - 1,4 Mb:
In English Part III - 1,4 Mb:
In Spanish (draft translation) - 30 pages, 600 Kb:
In French (draft translation) - 27 pages, 522 Kb:
Since the conference, developments have proceeded apace.
A network is built. And the first step is won! The ILO will start a standardsetting procedure in 2010. We aim at a convention to be voted for in 2011. 'DECENT WORK FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS'
See the report pages 27 - 33.
At the IUF Women's conference the project was presented. Find here the power point persentation - 19 pages, 1,2 Mb:
You can download the conference declaration/recommendations here:
in English - 2 pages:
in Spanish - 2 pages:
in French - 2 pages:
To view and print pdf-files you can download for free Adobe Acrobat Reader at:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE NETWORK ON DOMESTIC WORK
Please contact for more information:AvLuijken@irene-network.nl
