DOMESTIC

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WORKERS

On-going collaborative visualization and archiving of working realities
around the world.

It is time for recognition and respect .

MAPPING LABOR REACTIONS

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___________________________ "They wanted arms, but it was people who came" ____________ 

Action slogan by TerritorioDoméstico

Collective fighting for migrant domestic workers rights in Spain.

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"Domestic workers are those workers who perform work in or for a private household or households. They provide direct and indirect care services, and as such are key members of the care economy. Their work may include tasks such as cleaning the house, cooking, washing and ironing clothes, taking care of children, or elderly or sick members of a family, gardening, guarding the house, driving for the family, and even taking care of household pets. A domestic worker may work on full-time or part-time basis; may be employed by a single household or through or by a service provider; may be residing in the household of the employer (live-in worker) or may be living in his or her own residence (live-out). A domestic worker may be working in a country of which she/he is not a national, thus referred to as a migrant domestic worker. In spite of the valuable role played by domestic workers in the functioning of individual households and society as a whole, they remain one of the least protected groups of workers under national labour legislation."

- International Labor Organization

Most domestic work is poorly regulated. Legal contracts, minumum pay, covered holidays, sick leaves, access to health care, social security and maternity benefits are rights that all workers should be entitled to. Nonetheless, many domestic workers do not have access to these.

It is not uncommon for countries legislations to not consider domestic workers as "workers" at all. Rather, they are under a special category of informal "help" - excluding them from national labor regulations.

"The Domestic Work sector accounts to the largest share of private sector forced labor, an estimated 3.8million victims worldwide".
- Anti Slavery International Organization

According to the ILO, there are approximately 75.6 million domestic workers worldwide.

14.2 million

20.7 million

40.7 million

Have access to effective protection

Are covered by laws that are insufficiently implemented in practice.

Are not covered by labor and social security laws.

MAPPING DOMESTIC WORK

PODCAST SERIES

RESEARCH

Creating a collaborative online archive of the experiences of domestic workers around the world.

Unfolding and visualizing the realities of workers that continue to be invalidated, invisibilized and exploited.

Through this space, we wish to be able to map out the lived realities of domestic workers. We aim to show the global undervalued status of domestic work. And we want to fight to change that status through modified labour and migration policies worldwide.