 Foreign female domestic workers: help wanted!Weinert P. ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Abstract: Aims to assemble available information on the extent, nature and conditions of migrant women working as domestic servants in private households, especially working and living conditions, in selected countries (Italy, Spain, France, the UK, Venezuela and Middle Eastern countries). Includes socio-economic characteristics and countries of origin of these workers, wages, hours of work, contract situation, social security coverage, and ways and means of recruitment. Recommends means of assistance, e.g. standard setting activities, policy- oriented research and social protection. Bibliography, statistical tables and samples of newspaper clippings. Keywords: women workers; migrant workers.; domestic worker; working conditions; hours of work; social protection.; irregular migrant; labour standards; statistical table; travailleuses; travailleur migrant; employé de maison; conditions de travail; durée du travail; protection sociale; migrant irrégulier; normes du travail; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; trabajador migrante; trabajador doméstico; condiciones de trabajo; horas de trabajo; protección social; migrante irregular; normas del trabajo; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. International Migration for Employment Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992813323402676 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC. |
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