Resources on Care Economy
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ILOSTAT
Why measuring unpaid domestic and care work matters
27 October 2023
Every day, more than 16 billion hours are devoted to unpaid domestic and care work around the world. As global populations age, these figures are set to rise, and quantifying unpaid domestic and care work is critical to understanding labour under-utilisation, employment trends, and gender-based inequalities.
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Event
Workshop on the Rights of Domestic Workers
The half-day workshop was organised in collaboration with the Labour Department of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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Podcast
Is domestic work care work?
16 June 2023
Following the COVID-19 pandemic many countries are re-evaluating the status, pay and conditions of their care workers. So, why are domestic workers, whose work often includes care, often being left out of this process?
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Care economy
ILO stresses the need for transformative care economy policies with decent employment opportunities for domestic workers
28 February 2023
An Ibero-American symposium in Cartagena aims to identify challenges and opportunities for policy makers. The ILO Director-General joined Ministers of Labour from Latin America and Spain for Tuesday's virtual opening session.
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Report III(B)
Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy
15 March 2022
Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution)
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ILO InfoStory
How to make decent work a reality for domestic workers
16 June 2021
Domestic workers provide essential services to millions of households around the world but many are not covered by legal or social protections. Explore the key findings of the new ILO report on Domestic workers in our latest interactive InfoStory.
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COVID-19 and gender equality
COVID-19: G7 nations need to get gender equality right for a better future for women at work
14 May 2020
Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.
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ILO report key findings
Decent Work in Portugal 2008-18: From crisis to recovery (PowerPoint Presentation)
16 October 2018
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G20 Meeting
Towards gender equality in the future of work (PowerPoint Presentation)
06 September 2018
Presentation by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting, 6-7 September 2018, Mendoza, Argentina
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Publication
Childcare: A Training Manual For Domestic Workers’ Organizations
16 August 2018
This training manual is targeted to domestic workers’ organizations, civil society, not for profit organizations and other entities that provide skills trainings to domestic workers. The manual aims to build the skills of domestic workers in the area of childcare and empower them to expand their employment opportunities within this field.