In the third episode of the registration block we travel to Latin America to take a regional overview of this issue regarding domestic workers. To learn the challenges these workers face to be registered, the positive experiences, as well as the opportunities and limitations digital technology tools offer in this task, among other issues revolving around registration for domestic workers in Latin America, we invited Adriana Paz. Adriana is currently Secretary General of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF). Previously, she served as Latin America Coordinator for more than six years, also at IDWF.

References

IDWF and WIEGO. Imagining Social Security for Domestic Workers. Available at: https://www.wiego.org/publications/imagining-social-security-domestic-workers

ILO, UNWomen and OISS. Acceso de las personas trabajadoras domésticas remuneradas a la seguridad social en Iberoamérica. Available at: https://www.ilo.org/americas/publicaciones/WCMS_861167/lang--es/index.htm

#38 Registration Challenges For Domestic Workers In Latin America

Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Jury member of the Silver Rose Awards 2015, presented and introduced the Silver Rose Award winner in Organizing International Solidarity to Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)

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IDWF received Silver Rose 2015 Award in Organizing International Solidarity. Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), accepted the award on behalf of her organization which was nominated for achieving major advances in the social protection of domestic workers around the world. The IDWF has become a strong, democratic and united domestic / household workers organization to protect and advance domestic workers' rights everywhere. The global organization believes that domestic work is real work and that all domestic workers deserve to enjoy the same rights as all other workers. 
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> http://www.solidar.org/Silver-Rose-Awards.html

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Listen to Aida, leader of FADWU/PLU Hong Kong, on

+ her experiences while working in Saudi Arabia;
+ her view on policy of the Philippines government;
+ her advice for those who plan to work in Saudi Arabia.

Original program from BBC WORLD SERVICE - World Have Your Say: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0343h42

2015-10-9 Former migrant domestic worker in Saudi Arabia shares her experience

You know her ... we ALL do ...She has rocked, nurtured, nourished and fed the movers and shakers of this country, yet with little or no recognition.

Still her head is held high because she serves from the heart and knows her true value.

She is the Jamaican Household Worker

This Sunday we meet the queen of the pack - MS. SHIRLEY PRYCE, Founder and President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union, and her own story is phenomenal.

From selfless service provider to social worker... local and global advocate and a Master's degree from Penn State U... 

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Episode 182:

Calling people “gig” workers is a subtle trap. “Gig” can sound anywhere from upbeat to just a mundane description. The truth is the “gig” economy is just another way of exploiting people and it’s a dream for all capitalists to have a pool of workers who can be used and abused at the beckon call of a supply chain or a big tech company, at the lowest cost possible. And not a surprise—lots of gig workers are at great risk during the pandemic. I explore the lives of “gig” workers in a conversation with Bama Athreya, an economic policy fellow at the Open Society Foundation and a veteran social movement activist.

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The pandemic has put domestic workers at risk. Think of it logically: you can be locked down in a home with your client, essentially enslaved, with nowhere to go and no social distancing space. You could easily be trapped in a home, forced to stay inside because of a curfew, without personal protection equipment. Elizabeth Tang, the General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation, joins me from her perch in Hong Kong to talk about the pandemic threats facing domestic workers.


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My rant of the week is simple: we need to nationalize all payrolls. It’s breathtaking how badly the elected leaders of the country are handling the economic fallout of the pandemic, not to mention the medical crisis—it’s a bi-partisan catastrophe, with the worst human in the Senate, the wealthy Mitch McConnell, showing no rush to stop the implosion of millions of peoples’ lives, while Nancy Pelosi refuses to entertain Pramila Jayapal’s fantastic proposal to pay every unemployed person up to $90,000 on an annual basis while the pandemic rages.

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