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BRAZIL: The National Federation of Domestic Workers (FENATRAD), with the support of the IDWF held, from Friday to Sunday (23, 24 and 25), the National Workshop of the Federation.

The event aimed to define new guidelines for the category. The meeting took place at the Florestã Fernandes National School (MST), in the city of Guararema (SP) and was supported by Solidarity Centre.

English: http://bit.ly/2ZszJlC

Spanish: http://bit.ly/2Zqewss

MENA: Domestic Workers, especially migrant domestic workers are vulnerable and they need joint effort to promote decent work for them.

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 Know Your Rights and Obligations - Domestic Workers' Handbook in Uganda                

UGANDA: The handbook is a content of brief information on Uganda’s domestic workers rights, legislation, and Convention 189. It provides basic knowledge to domestic workers and employers on how to relate in the household as a place of work.

http://bit.ly/2GdQYOf

We support domestic workers:

✊ to keep their own passports ✊ to have rest days ✊ to have optional live out ✊ to have privacy ✊ to have fair wages ✊ to ratify C189!

PERU: A big step forward! The president of the Congress, Luis Galarreta Velarde, signed on July 2 the autograph of the Legislative Resolution that approves the ILO agreement on work for domestic workers that includes measures for the protection of this labor sector.

¡Un gran paso adelante! El presidente del Congreso, Luis Galarreta Velarde, firmó el 2 de julio la autógrafa de la Resolución Legislativa que aprueba el convenio de la OIT sobre el trabajo para los trabajadores y trabajadoras domésticos que incluye medidas para la protección de este sector laboral.

Read more (in Spanish): http://bit.ly/2zdhOCu

KENYA: "I am a domestic worker! I am a worker!"

Chanting in front of the Parliament, domestic workers of our affiliate, Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA), demonstrated on Feb 21 for ratification of ILO C189 with the support from Solidarity Center.

"Promote decent work for domestic workers by ratifying ILO C189!"

GLOBAL: Project 189, a group for domestic workers in Kuwait, has been chosen as 1 of 10 finalist for the Grassroots Justice Prize in the category the Elder's #Walktogether Prize for Courage for demonstrating courage in the face of extraordinary challenges that they face in their work.

Support Project 189 by going to http://bit.ly/courage189 and vote for Project 189 so that they will be able to REACH OUT ACTIVELY to the community of domestic workers.