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MYRTLE WITBOOI – PRESIDENT IDWF: “…WE WERE TREATED WITH NO RESPECT, NO VALUE FOR THE WORK
WE DO! I ASKED MYSELF ON THAT DAY (1966) WHY: WHY WERE WE
TREATED DIFFERENTLY, WHY DO WE WORK LONG HOURS AND DO NOT
SAY NO TO THE MASTER, CLAPPING HANDS WHILE BEING VERY
POORLY PAID? THAT WAS MY TURNING POINT: IF I CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, WE CAN ALL DO IT…”
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Domestic workers
• 53 – 100 Million
• Majority (80-90%)
are women, many
are migrant
workers and
children
• Many trapped in
forced labour
• Excluded from
labour laws: no
minimum wage or
social protection
• Face exploitation:
non-payment of
wages, very long
working hours, etc
• Abuse, torture and
rape
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Migrant domestic workers
• Exploitation: non -
payment of wages
– non-stop working
hours – no days of
– not allowed to
leave the
employers house
• Abuse, rape and
torture
• Confiscation of
passports, mobile
phones, travel
documents
• No options to seek
justice
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ILO Convention 189
• Making history:
The adoption of
C189 and R201 on
16 June 2011 at the
ILC in Geneva
• Respect and
recognition for
domestic workers
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C189
• Minimum wage
• Social protection
• Contract
• Right to one day of
• Regulation of
working time
• Protections
against abuse
• Regulation of
employment
agencies
• Special protections
for live in domestic
workers, migrant
domestic workers
• Measures to
prevent child labor
and forced labor
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12 by 12 campaign
• C189 had to
become a reality
• Focus was needed/
to speak with one
voice
• to secure a
maximum number
of ratifications in a
short time span
• Many
stakeholders:
National centres,
unions, unions/
organisations of
domestic workers,
women-, migrant-
and human rights
organisations were
engaged
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“12 by 12” Launch: 12/2011
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“12 by 12” Actions
• Lobby members of
parliament/
tripartite meetings
• Public actions/
marches to
parliament
• (social) media
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A platform, a unified
campaign • Building pressure
on governments to
win respect, rights
and protections at
work,
• Mobilize unions
and allies
12 by 12 goals
• 12 ratifications of
C189 in 12
countries + labour
law reforms +
CBA’s
• Organising/
capacity building
of domestic
workers unions
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Campagna “12 pare 12”
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12 by 12 Campaign
• Launch on 12-12-
2011
• Encouraging all to
launch at national
level
• Global action days:
16 June – 12-12-12
– 7 October……
• Social media
• Trade union/ ILO/
NGO meetings
• Flyers, aprons and
sign up forms
• Regional campaign
in Latin America
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“12 + 12” Actions
• Lobbying members
of parliament/
tripartite meetings
• Public actions/
marches to
parliament
• Identifying
champions
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‘12 by 12’ champions
Senator Jinggoy
Estrada of the
Philippines:
• Supports the
campaign/ C189
• Kept his promise to
adopt the domestic
workers bill before
christmas in 2012
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UN Women – ITUC: Domestic
Workers Count Too
• '12 by 12' side
event at the
UNCSW57 in New
York (11 March
2013) – support 12
by 12 campaign:
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Global and local
Conferences
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‘12 + 12’ partnerships
IDWN – IUF – PSI –
ETUC – Solidar –
Human Right Watch
– Anti-Slavery
International – World
Solidarity – FOS -
CARITAS – MFA –
Amnesty -
International – global
march against child
labour
• Sign ups from
unions, domestic
workers, human,
migrant and
women rights
organisations in
92 countries
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The global domestic
workers movement Trade unions,
domestic workers,
migrant-, human-
and women’s rights
organizations
• Respect and
recognition of
domestic work as
work – decent
work
• Living minimum
wage/ social
protection
• Trade union rights
• Women workers
and Migrant
workers rights
• Formalizing
informal work
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The global domestic
workers movement • Increased demand
for child and aged
care – care
economy: job
creation/
formalizing jobs/
quality public
services
• Stop exclusion,
exploitation and
violence at the
workplace
• End of modern day
slavery
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“12 in 12”
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Impacts since the launch
10 million
domestic
workers enjoy
more rights and
protections
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Ratifications of C189 17 Ratifications:
Argentina, Bolivia,
Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador,
Finland, Germany,
Guyana, Ireland,
Italy, Mauritius,
Nicaragua,
Paraguay,
Philippines, South
Africa, Switzerland
and Uruguay
5 Ratifications on
their way to be
registered
Dominican Republic,
Panama, Belgium,
Portugal and Chile
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Labour law reforms in 30
countries
Brazil, Argentina,
Venezuela, the
Philippines, Spain,
and two states in the
U.S. – Hawaii and
California,
Massachusetts +
New York.
Chile, Vietnam, India,
Singapore, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Thailand,
Ireland, Namibia,
Finland, Italy,
Belgium, etc
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Wage increase + collective
bargaining agreements • Domestic workers
saw a significant
increase of their
wages in Kenya,
Zambia, Malawi
and Tanzania.
.
• Collective
bargaining
agreements: Italy,
Uruguay and Brazil
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Organising domestic
workers • New unions:
Paraguay, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Costa
Rica, Sri Lanka, Columbia,
Egypt, Angola, Swaziland,
Pakistan, Angola, Brazil,
Lebanon, Pakistan etc
• 100,000 organized
• Founding of the
International Domestic
Workers Federation
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Expected ratifications of
C189 Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Belgium, Ireland, Portugal + Euroepan
Commission adopted a Council Decision
which authorises Member States to ratify
C189
Australia and maybe Indonesia
Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe,
In many countries coalitions of national centers,
unions, domestic workers, human-, migrant- and
women’s rights organsations are build to
maximise the impact : ratification of C189/
adoption of labour law reforms.
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k GOAL
•
•
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12 + 12 campaign
• Congress
decision: 12 + 12
ratifications of
C189, labor
reforms,
organizing
• Record how wins
were made
• Migrant domestic
workers: Gulf
countries
• Campaign (C29):
ratification of
protocol on forced
labor
• Count Us In:
women in
leadership + care
economy
• Informal economy:
ILO
Recommendation
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12 + 12 campaign
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12 +12 campaign
webpage
• 12 > 12 on
• Equal Times
• IDWF webpage +
• ILO resources
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‘12 by 12’ partnerships
• National centers,
unions, domestic
workers unions/
organisations,
human, migrant
and women rights
organisations in
92 Countries
• 125 Affiliates
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Draft Law GCC countries
• Proposal for an
unified Contract
for migrant
domestic workers
• Gulf countries aim
to adopt the draft
law in October
2013
• Requires a
strategic response
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Draft Law GCC countries
• GCC proposal for
an unified contract
for migrant
domestic workers
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More ‘12 by 12’ actions
• Join us on 12>12
Facebook!
• Contact:
equality@ituc-
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