{"id":4873,"date":"2012-06-15T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=4873"},"modified":"2019-07-06T00:47:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T21:47:40","slug":"statement-for-international-domestic-workers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=4873","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS\u2019 DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_8720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"DSC_8720\" src=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_8720-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_8720-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_8720.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS\u2019 DAY<\/strong><br \/>\n16 June 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ratify and Implement ILO Convention 189 on&nbsp;Decent Work for Domestic Workers Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, as we commemorate the first anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention 189 (C189) on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, we call on ILO Member States to immediately ratify and implement C189 as a demonstration of their global commitment made at the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference on 16 June 2011.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ratifying C189 is important, urgent and a priority! Wide ratifications of C189 would benefit an estimated 100 million domestic workers around the world who for long have been unrecognized, neglected, and forgotten. We commend Uruguay for being the first country to ratify C189. We are optimistic that this step forward will encourage the rest of the world to follow in particular the Philippines which also committed to be among the first countries to ratify the Convention. We call on States, employers, recruiters, civil society, religious groups, and the general public to become instruments of change and reinvent their views on domestic work. Specifically, we raise our call to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governments to ratify C189 and follow through on their ethical and legal obligations to extend to both local and migrant domestic workers the same rights as those of other workers.<\/li>\n<li>Governments are urged to provide an enabling environment that will facilitate respect for rights, provide ample protection and promote holistic development of domestic workers.<\/li>\n<li>Governments to include domestic workers in national labour laws and enact provisions that address the specific needs and concerns of domestic workers especially child domestic workers and migrant domestic workers.<\/li>\n<li>Governments to repeal policies that disproportionately discriminate and criminalize domestic workers and effectively enforce existing policies that seek to promote the rights and welfare of domestic workers.<\/li>\n<li>Governments, employers and the general public to recognize the contribution of domestic and&nbsp;workers to the development of societies where they work and treat them with respectdignity.<\/li>\n<li>Recruiters to stop the exploitation of migrant domestic workers through collection of exorbitant recruitment fees which lead domestic workers into forced labor and debt bondage.<\/li>\n<li>Trade unions and labour rights advocates to show their concrete support by assisting<\/li>\n<li>Domestic workers to exercise their right to association and to join or form a trade union<\/li>\n<li>For trade unions to expand solidarity with migrant domestic workers across borders. Religious groups to take an active role in promoting public consciousness with respect to the culture of inequalities and stereotypes that work against domestic workers particularly women domestic workers.<\/li>\n<li>Religious groups to continue with their role of providing refuge and comfort for domestic workers who have been exploited and abused.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Domestic workers to organize, speak for themselves and mobilize support for the ratification and implementation of C189.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domestic Work is Work! Domestic Workers are Workers! Domestic Work is Not Slavery!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ratify C189!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/signatories.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4875 aligncenter\" title=\"signatories\" src=\"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/signatories.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/signatories.jpg 634w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/signatories-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Signed by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ACTFORM\u2010 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nAFL\u2010CIO<br \/>\nAin O Salish Kendro (ASK)\u2010 Bangladesh<br \/>\nAlliance of Progressive Labor (APL\u2013 Philippines<br \/>\nAssociation for Community Development &#8211; Bangladesh<br \/>\nAssociation of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines Migrant Centers Philippines<br \/>\nATIKHA\u2010 Philippines<br \/>\nBangladesh Institute of Labor Studies\u2010Bangladesh<br \/>\nCambodia Legal Education Center (CLEC) \u2010 Cambodia<br \/>\nCaritas Lebanon Migrant Center (CLMC)\u2010 Lebanon<br \/>\nCenter for Indian Migrant Studies (CIMS)\u2010 India<br \/>\nCenter for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) \u2013 Nepal<br \/>\nCenter for Migrant Advocacy (CMA) \u2013 Philippines<br \/>\nCoalition for Migrants Rights (CMR)\u2010 Hongkong<br \/>\nFederasi Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia (FSPMI)\u2010 Indonesia<br \/>\nFederation of Free Workers &#8211; Philippines<br \/>\nGerman Commission for Justice and Peace\u2010 Germany<br \/>\nGlobal Network\u2010 Asia Hongkong (HKCTU) \u2010 Hongkong<br \/>\nHelpers for Domestic Helpers (HDH)\u2010 Hongkong<br \/>\nHongkong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) &#8211; Hongkong<br \/>\nHope Workers Center (HWC)\u2010 Taiwan<br \/>\nHsinchu Migrants and Immigrants Services Center (HMISC)<br \/>\nHumanitarian Organization for Migration and Economics &#8211; (HOME) Singapore<br \/>\nInstitute of Social Development (ISD) \u2010 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nInternational Domestic Workers Network (IDWN)<br \/>\nJALA PRT\u2010 Indonesia<br \/>\nKAKAMMPI\u2010 Philippines<br \/>\nKanlungan Centre Foundation\u2010 Philippines<br \/>\nKonfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI)\u2010Indonesia<br \/>\nLabor Education and Research Network (LEARN) \u2010 Philippines<br \/>\nLabour Education Foundation (LEF) \u2010 Pakistan<br \/>\nLegal Support for Children and Women (LSCW)\u2010 Cambodia<br \/>\nMigrant Care\u2010 Indonesia<br \/>\nMigrant Forum in Asia<br \/>\nMigrant Forum India \u2013 India<br \/>\nNational Domestic Workers Movement\u2010 India<br \/>\nPOURAKHI\u2010 Nepal\u2013 India<br \/>\nPravasi Nepali Coordination Committee (PNCC)\u2010Nepal<br \/>\nSelf Employed Women&#8217;s Association (SEWA\u2010Academy) \u2013 India<br \/>\nSerikat Buruh Migran Indonesia (SBMI) \u2013 Indonesia<br \/>\nSolidarity Center<br \/>\nSr. Immaculate De Alwis, ACTFORM \u2013 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nSUMAPI- Philippines<br \/>\nTransient Workers Count Too \u2013 Singapore<br \/>\nUnlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation, Inc. \u2013 Philippines<br \/>\nVisayan Fourm Foundation \u2013 Bangladesh<br \/>\nYouth Action Nepal (YOAC) &#8211; Nepal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS\u2019 DAY 16 June 2012 Ratify and Implement ILO Convention 189 on&nbsp;Decent Work for Domestic Workers Now! 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