Annotation:
This "briefing kit", developed by UN Women
in partnership with the International
Trade Union Confederation, focuses on
workers who provide domestic services,
such as cooking, cleaning, and raising
children. While these workers are a large
and growing part of numerous economies,
many countries have no labour regulations
to protect them. This kit advocates for
regulations to protect these workers. The
kit begins with interviews from workers,
governments, and employers in Bolivia,
America, the Philippines, and South
Africa. These interviews highlight the
consequences of the lack of protection of
domestic workers on the worker's
themselves. The kit then outlines economic
and social reasons to implement
regulations and protections for domestic
workers. Finally, the kit suggests
regulations and outlines how they should
be implemented at the country level.