A report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) provides a comprehensive overview of protection deficits of domestic workers. The background is that domestic workers often find themselves in precarious employment situations without social protection, which makes income security and access to health care difficult. As a result, these persons are at high risk of becoming victims of poverty and social inequality.
The report sets out concrete strategies to improve the protection of domestic workers. It is based on internationally agreed legal frameworks, but also on experiences that individual countries have already gathered. The perspective of policy makers and domestic workers is also taken into account.
