ISSUE / In Defense of the Rights of Domestic Workers

Vol. 8, Issue 3, January - June, 2010

• Domestic Child Labour: The Dirty Secret of the Rising Middle Class
• Domestic Workers and Trafficking
• Social Protection for Domestic Workers: Need for Innovative Approaches
• Normative Aspects of Domestic Work: Convention or Recommendation?
• Gender Equality and Domestic Work
• Domestic Workers: Profile and Emerging Concerns
• Need for Domestic Workers in Households in the Current Economic Scenario
• The Macroeconomic Context of Rising Domestic Work
• Legal Recognition of Domestic Work
• Migrating for Domestic Work from India

• Anecdotes from the Life of Domestic Workers in Delhi and In Defense of Sumari`s Rights

• Proposed Conclusions of the Committee on Domestic Work for Domestic Workers (99th Session, ILC 2010)

• In Defense of the Rights of Domestic Workers

• Nirmala Niketan: Streamlining the Domestic Workers` Sector
• A Forum for Domestic Workers
• Domestic Workers` Federation Mumbai:From Initial Diffidence to Growing Militancy
• Organising Women Domestic Workers in Kolkata
• National Domestic Workers` Union: Providing Relief to Victims of Oppression
• Recognise Domestic Work as Work
• Professionalising Domestic Services: SEWA Kerala
• INTUC: Making Inroads into the Lives of Domestic Workers
• Relentless Struggle and A Bill: Vidarbha Molkarin Sanghatana, Nagpur
• Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers: The Migrant Forum in Asia Experienc
• Organising and Unionising Domestic Workers: AITUC
• Rajasthan Mahila Kamgar Union: The Journey So Far
• Stree Jagruti Samiti: Spreading Awareness among Domestic Workers
• CITU: District Level Unions for Domestic Workers in Maharashtra
• Pune Domestic Workers on the March
• Bringing Change to the Employer-Employee Relationship in Domestic Work: Astitva

• National Policy on Domestic Workers Government`s Priority: Harish Rawat
• The Purpose and Scope of Standard Setting on Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Sachiko Yamamoto

• ILO: Nine Decades of Labour for Labour

• Public Hearing on Privatisation of Waste Management
• Thirty-three Per Cent Hike for Daily Wage Earners
• ILO: Decent Work Country Programme for India
• Put Jobs at the Centre of Recovery Policies :International Labour Conference Concludes
• Eight Per Cent DA Hike for Government Employees
• NGOs to Give PF to its Employees
• Andhra Construction Workers Get Pension Scheme
• Retired Employees to Get Medical Reimbursement Benefits
• MGNREGS Kerala on the Path to Unionisation

• Nokia Strike
• Orissa: Doctors Call Off Strike
• Haryana Roadways Strike
• Meru Cab Strike
• Agitation at IISCO, Sindri
• Auto-rickshaw Agitation