International Domestic Workers Federation
@idwfed.bsky.social
Our objective is to build a strong, democratic and united domestic workers' global organization to protect and advance domestic workers' rights everywhere.
⭐️ How do we make ILO Convention 189 real in law and in practice?
Through strong unions that leverage symbolic power and use relational power to open doors to social dialogue, where institutional power is built. From there, we can drive legal and cultural change, so domestic work (+)
Through strong unions that leverage symbolic power and use relational power to open doors to social dialogue, where institutional power is built. From there, we can drive legal and cultural change, so domestic work (+)
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
⭐️ How do we make ILO Convention 189 real in law and in practice?
Through strong unions that leverage symbolic power and use relational power to open doors to social dialogue, where institutional power is built. From there, we can drive legal and cultural change, so domestic work (+)
Through strong unions that leverage symbolic power and use relational power to open doors to social dialogue, where institutional power is built. From there, we can drive legal and cultural change, so domestic work (+)
🌍 Join the movement for #SocialJustice! The IDWF is #hiring a Regional Coordinator (Part-time) for the Caribbean region. Help empower #DomesticWorkers and advocate for labor rights! 💪🏿
📝 Apply now: https://loom.ly/CRjSF-k
#JobOpportunity #DomesticWorkersRights
📝 Apply now: https://loom.ly/CRjSF-k
#JobOpportunity #DomesticWorkersRights
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌍 Join the movement for #SocialJustice! The IDWF is #hiring a Regional Coordinator (Part-time) for the Caribbean region. Help empower #DomesticWorkers and advocate for labor rights! 💪🏿
📝 Apply now: https://loom.ly/CRjSF-k
#JobOpportunity #DomesticWorkersRights
📝 Apply now: https://loom.ly/CRjSF-k
#JobOpportunity #DomesticWorkersRights
🎓✨ Last weekend, the #DomesticWorkers’ unions in Peru 🇵🇪 —SINTRAHOL, IPROFOT, CCTH, and FENTRAHOGARP— completed the union training course Leadership, Action, Transformation, and Education (LATE), promoted by the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF). #DecentWork #SocialJustice
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🎓✨ Last weekend, the #DomesticWorkers’ unions in Peru 🇵🇪 —SINTRAHOL, IPROFOT, CCTH, and FENTRAHOGARP— completed the union training course Leadership, Action, Transformation, and Education (LATE), promoted by the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF). #DecentWork #SocialJustice
#DomesticWorkers went from being “invisible” to introducing the first feminist labor agenda — one that positions care work as a fundamental pillar of social and economic development — among many other victories. 🧹💛
📗 Explore our new IDWF Theory of Change to learn more: loom.ly/bqWLWVs
📗 Explore our new IDWF Theory of Change to learn more: loom.ly/bqWLWVs
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#DomesticWorkers went from being “invisible” to introducing the first feminist labor agenda — one that positions care work as a fundamental pillar of social and economic development — among many other victories. 🧹💛
📗 Explore our new IDWF Theory of Change to learn more: loom.ly/bqWLWVs
📗 Explore our new IDWF Theory of Change to learn more: loom.ly/bqWLWVs
🌸 Meet Ningsih — a domestic worker who turned her everyday struggles into strength, leadership, and solidarity. 💪🏽 Her story reminds us that every home cleaned, every meal prepared, and every care given is an act of resilience.
✨ Full Story: loom.ly/Lec8eLs
✨ Full Story: loom.ly/Lec8eLs
My leadership story: Ningsih’s journey from quiet worker to confident organizer
Through leadership training supported by PERTIMIG, IDWF and the ILO, Ningsih has grown from an individual worker into a community leader inspiring change for migrant domestic workers in Malaysia.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌸 Meet Ningsih — a domestic worker who turned her everyday struggles into strength, leadership, and solidarity. 💪🏽 Her story reminds us that every home cleaned, every meal prepared, and every care given is an act of resilience.
✨ Full Story: loom.ly/Lec8eLs
✨ Full Story: loom.ly/Lec8eLs
👀 Do you know how #DomesticWorkers confront intersecting forms of oppression? 🧵
1️⃣ By joining forces with social movements that share our goals: confronting racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny.
1️⃣ By joining forces with social movements that share our goals: confronting racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny.
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
👀 Do you know how #DomesticWorkers confront intersecting forms of oppression? 🧵
1️⃣ By joining forces with social movements that share our goals: confronting racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny.
1️⃣ By joining forces with social movements that share our goals: confronting racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny.
The IDWF Theory of Change is live! 💛
Building on our long history of struggles and victories, we collectively developed a framework to guide our actions, strengthen our movement, and make #DecentWork a reality for #DomesticWorkers. 🌍✊🏾
⤵️ Download it here: https://idwfed.org/publications/toc/
Building on our long history of struggles and victories, we collectively developed a framework to guide our actions, strengthen our movement, and make #DecentWork a reality for #DomesticWorkers. 🌍✊🏾
⤵️ Download it here: https://idwfed.org/publications/toc/
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The IDWF Theory of Change is live! 💛
Building on our long history of struggles and victories, we collectively developed a framework to guide our actions, strengthen our movement, and make #DecentWork a reality for #DomesticWorkers. 🌍✊🏾
⤵️ Download it here: https://idwfed.org/publications/toc/
Building on our long history of struggles and victories, we collectively developed a framework to guide our actions, strengthen our movement, and make #DecentWork a reality for #DomesticWorkers. 🌍✊🏾
⤵️ Download it here: https://idwfed.org/publications/toc/
📢 As #UNGA80 is underway, we urge @UN Member States to recognize the State of #Palestine. A just, democratic, and peaceful future—in which the #HumanRights of the Palestinian people are fully respected—depends on it ⚖️
⏰ The time is now!
⏰ The time is now!
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📢 As #UNGA80 is underway, we urge @UN Member States to recognize the State of #Palestine. A just, democratic, and peaceful future—in which the #HumanRights of the Palestinian people are fully respected—depends on it ⚖️
⏰ The time is now!
⏰ The time is now!
🌟 Are you a professional deeply committed to supporting movement building among domestic workers, women, or workers groups in the Caribbean? 🔔 This opportunity could be for you!
📌 See job details & apply 👉
idwfed.org/vacancies/jo...
#HiringNow
#JobVacancy
📌 See job details & apply 👉
idwfed.org/vacancies/jo...
#HiringNow
#JobVacancy
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🌟 Are you a professional deeply committed to supporting movement building among domestic workers, women, or workers groups in the Caribbean? 🔔 This opportunity could be for you!
📌 See job details & apply 👉
idwfed.org/vacancies/jo...
#HiringNow
#JobVacancy
📌 See job details & apply 👉
idwfed.org/vacancies/jo...
#HiringNow
#JobVacancy
🙋🏾♀️ ¡Aquí están, estas son!
Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar se hicieron oír en la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC: por el reconocimiento del cuidado como un #DerechoHumano y como un #trabajo que debe realizarse en condiciones dignas. ¡Nada sobre nosotras sin nosotras! 🫱🏼🫲🏿
Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar se hicieron oír en la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC: por el reconocimiento del cuidado como un #DerechoHumano y como un #trabajo que debe realizarse en condiciones dignas. ¡Nada sobre nosotras sin nosotras! 🫱🏼🫲🏿
August 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
🙋🏾♀️ ¡Aquí están, estas son!
Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar se hicieron oír en la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC: por el reconocimiento del cuidado como un #DerechoHumano y como un #trabajo que debe realizarse en condiciones dignas. ¡Nada sobre nosotras sin nosotras! 🫱🏼🫲🏿
Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar se hicieron oír en la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC: por el reconocimiento del cuidado como un #DerechoHumano y como un #trabajo que debe realizarse en condiciones dignas. ¡Nada sobre nosotras sin nosotras! 🫱🏼🫲🏿
🎙️ "Si concebimos los cuidados como una necesidad, como un trabajo y como un derecho, tenemos una filosofía de cambio y un marco de acción urgente por realizar" ✊🏽
💬 Adriana Paz, Secretaria General de la FITH - #XVIConferenciaMujerALC de la CEPAL
💬 Adriana Paz, Secretaria General de la FITH - #XVIConferenciaMujerALC de la CEPAL
August 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🎙️ "Si concebimos los cuidados como una necesidad, como un trabajo y como un derecho, tenemos una filosofía de cambio y un marco de acción urgente por realizar" ✊🏽
💬 Adriana Paz, Secretaria General de la FITH - #XVIConferenciaMujerALC de la CEPAL
💬 Adriana Paz, Secretaria General de la FITH - #XVIConferenciaMujerALC de la CEPAL
🙋🏻♀️ Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar presentes en el #PabellonDeLosCuidados de la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC. Junto a la CONLACTRAHO, seguimos influenciando la agenda regional de los cuidados y promoviendo el #TrabajoDecente para quienes sostenemos la #EconomiaDelCuidado 🫱🏼🫲🏿
#SociedadDelCuidado
#SociedadDelCuidado
August 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🙋🏻♀️ Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar presentes en el #PabellonDeLosCuidados de la #XVIConferenciaMujerALC. Junto a la CONLACTRAHO, seguimos influenciando la agenda regional de los cuidados y promoviendo el #TrabajoDecente para quienes sostenemos la #EconomiaDelCuidado 🫱🏼🫲🏿
#SociedadDelCuidado
#SociedadDelCuidado
👏🏽 La declaración de la Directora para las Américas y el Caribe de ONU Mujeres durante la XVI Conferencia Regional de la #Cepal reflejan nuestra lucha por el reconocimiento, la valorización y el #TrabajoDecente para las #TrabajadorasDelHogar en la #EconomiaDelCuidado 🫱🏼🫲🏿
#SomosLaFuerzaDelCuidado 💪🏽
#SomosLaFuerzaDelCuidado 💪🏽
August 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
👏🏽 La declaración de la Directora para las Américas y el Caribe de ONU Mujeres durante la XVI Conferencia Regional de la #Cepal reflejan nuestra lucha por el reconocimiento, la valorización y el #TrabajoDecente para las #TrabajadorasDelHogar en la #EconomiaDelCuidado 🫱🏼🫲🏿
#SomosLaFuerzaDelCuidado 💪🏽
#SomosLaFuerzaDelCuidado 💪🏽
Media Recap 🌐 Los movimientos del trabajo informal exigen formalización, protección social y diálogo real en la #CIT2025 🔗 loom.ly/0hcGbvY
Desafíos y demandas del empleo informal en la 113ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo ~ Latam Gremial
Con un enfoque en la inclusión y la justicia social, exigen políticas que garanticen la formalización, la seguridad en el trabajo y el acceso a la protección social para todos los trabajadores, sin im...
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July 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Media Recap 🌐 Los movimientos del trabajo informal exigen formalización, protección social y diálogo real en la #CIT2025 🔗 loom.ly/0hcGbvY
📢 New Vacancy at the IDWF!
🧩 Are you an experienced professional in project management and admin support within NGOs or similar organizations? This role might be for you!
🔎 Check the full job description and how to apply 👉 https://loom.ly/Rr8KI6I
🧩 Are you an experienced professional in project management and admin support within NGOs or similar organizations? This role might be for you!
🔎 Check the full job description and how to apply 👉 https://loom.ly/Rr8KI6I
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📢 New Vacancy at the IDWF!
🧩 Are you an experienced professional in project management and admin support within NGOs or similar organizations? This role might be for you!
🔎 Check the full job description and how to apply 👉 https://loom.ly/Rr8KI6I
🧩 Are you an experienced professional in project management and admin support within NGOs or similar organizations? This role might be for you!
🔎 Check the full job description and how to apply 👉 https://loom.ly/Rr8KI6I
📢 New job opportunity at the IDWF!
📌 We’re looking for a skilled Project Manager to support IDWF projects across regions—from planning and implementation to reporting.
🔎 Apply now 👉 https://loom.ly/tZRVpKw
🙋🏽♀️ Ready to help transform domestic workers' lives worldwide?
📌 We’re looking for a skilled Project Manager to support IDWF projects across regions—from planning and implementation to reporting.
🔎 Apply now 👉 https://loom.ly/tZRVpKw
🙋🏽♀️ Ready to help transform domestic workers' lives worldwide?
July 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
📢 New job opportunity at the IDWF!
📌 We’re looking for a skilled Project Manager to support IDWF projects across regions—from planning and implementation to reporting.
🔎 Apply now 👉 https://loom.ly/tZRVpKw
🙋🏽♀️ Ready to help transform domestic workers' lives worldwide?
📌 We’re looking for a skilled Project Manager to support IDWF projects across regions—from planning and implementation to reporting.
🔎 Apply now 👉 https://loom.ly/tZRVpKw
🙋🏽♀️ Ready to help transform domestic workers' lives worldwide?
🚨 For #DomesticWorkers, #informality is not a choice — it’s the result of:
⚠️ Exclusion from labor laws
⚠️ Legal gaps that hinder enforcement
⚠️ Non-compliance
📢 But at the #ILC2025, decision-makers can choose to adopt pathways to #formalization.
✊🏽 #TakeAction
🔎 IDWF Position Paper 👉 loom.ly/aWE7cHE
⚠️ Exclusion from labor laws
⚠️ Legal gaps that hinder enforcement
⚠️ Non-compliance
📢 But at the #ILC2025, decision-makers can choose to adopt pathways to #formalization.
✊🏽 #TakeAction
🔎 IDWF Position Paper 👉 loom.ly/aWE7cHE
June 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨 For #DomesticWorkers, #informality is not a choice — it’s the result of:
⚠️ Exclusion from labor laws
⚠️ Legal gaps that hinder enforcement
⚠️ Non-compliance
📢 But at the #ILC2025, decision-makers can choose to adopt pathways to #formalization.
✊🏽 #TakeAction
🔎 IDWF Position Paper 👉 loom.ly/aWE7cHE
⚠️ Exclusion from labor laws
⚠️ Legal gaps that hinder enforcement
⚠️ Non-compliance
📢 But at the #ILC2025, decision-makers can choose to adopt pathways to #formalization.
✊🏽 #TakeAction
🔎 IDWF Position Paper 👉 loom.ly/aWE7cHE
💡 If regulated, #DigitalLaborPlatforms could offer fair job opportunities to #DomesticWorkers, instead of trapping them in exploitation.
🙋🏽♀️ Join us at the #ILC2025 in calling for global standards to regulate the #PlatformEconomy. Because #DecentWork must be guaranteed for all workers, everywhere🌐
🙋🏽♀️ Join us at the #ILC2025 in calling for global standards to regulate the #PlatformEconomy. Because #DecentWork must be guaranteed for all workers, everywhere🌐
June 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
💡 If regulated, #DigitalLaborPlatforms could offer fair job opportunities to #DomesticWorkers, instead of trapping them in exploitation.
🙋🏽♀️ Join us at the #ILC2025 in calling for global standards to regulate the #PlatformEconomy. Because #DecentWork must be guaranteed for all workers, everywhere🌐
🙋🏽♀️ Join us at the #ILC2025 in calling for global standards to regulate the #PlatformEconomy. Because #DecentWork must be guaranteed for all workers, everywhere🌐
🚨 Tackling #informality in #DomesticWork is not impossible — it requires innovative approaches and political will
📢 At the #ILC2025, we urge governments to take real action now: #DecentWork for #DomesticWorkers can’t wait! ⏱️
👓 Check out our Position Paper here ➡️ idwfed.org/calls-to-act...
📢 At the #ILC2025, we urge governments to take real action now: #DecentWork for #DomesticWorkers can’t wait! ⏱️
👓 Check out our Position Paper here ➡️ idwfed.org/calls-to-act...
June 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🚨 Tackling #informality in #DomesticWork is not impossible — it requires innovative approaches and political will
📢 At the #ILC2025, we urge governments to take real action now: #DecentWork for #DomesticWorkers can’t wait! ⏱️
👓 Check out our Position Paper here ➡️ idwfed.org/calls-to-act...
📢 At the #ILC2025, we urge governments to take real action now: #DecentWork for #DomesticWorkers can’t wait! ⏱️
👓 Check out our Position Paper here ➡️ idwfed.org/calls-to-act...
📱 Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar en plataformas digitales enfrentan condiciones laborales injustas y falta de #ProteccionSocial
📢 Urge un Convenio de la OIT que regule la #EconomiaDePlataformas y garantice el #TrabajoDecente para quienes generan su valor.
#ILC2025
#CIT2025
📢 Urge un Convenio de la OIT que regule la #EconomiaDePlataformas y garantice el #TrabajoDecente para quienes generan su valor.
#ILC2025
#CIT2025
June 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
📱 Las #TrabajadorasDelHogar en plataformas digitales enfrentan condiciones laborales injustas y falta de #ProteccionSocial
📢 Urge un Convenio de la OIT que regule la #EconomiaDePlataformas y garantice el #TrabajoDecente para quienes generan su valor.
#ILC2025
#CIT2025
📢 Urge un Convenio de la OIT que regule la #EconomiaDePlataformas y garantice el #TrabajoDecente para quienes generan su valor.
#ILC2025
#CIT2025
🤝🏽 #DomesticWorkers, #StreetVendors, #WastePickers, and #HomeBasedWorkers united towards rights-based #formalization. This is what #CollectivePower looks like!✊🏽
#ILC2025
#DecentWork
#ILC2025
#DecentWork
June 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🤝🏽 #DomesticWorkers, #StreetVendors, #WastePickers, and #HomeBasedWorkers united towards rights-based #formalization. This is what #CollectivePower looks like!✊🏽
#ILC2025
#DecentWork
#ILC2025
#DecentWork
⏳ The countdown to the #ILC2025 is on!
We’re ready to make our mark at the largest international gathering on the #WorldOfWork, with a strong delegation representing #DomesticWorkers from all regions.
📣 Are you ready to advance domestic workers’ rights with us?
#UnionPower
#WorkersVoices
We’re ready to make our mark at the largest international gathering on the #WorldOfWork, with a strong delegation representing #DomesticWorkers from all regions.
📣 Are you ready to advance domestic workers’ rights with us?
#UnionPower
#WorkersVoices
May 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
⏳ The countdown to the #ILC2025 is on!
We’re ready to make our mark at the largest international gathering on the #WorldOfWork, with a strong delegation representing #DomesticWorkers from all regions.
📣 Are you ready to advance domestic workers’ rights with us?
#UnionPower
#WorkersVoices
We’re ready to make our mark at the largest international gathering on the #WorldOfWork, with a strong delegation representing #DomesticWorkers from all regions.
📣 Are you ready to advance domestic workers’ rights with us?
#UnionPower
#WorkersVoices
🧒🏽 La historia de Marcolina Infante, Secretaria General de SINTTRAHOL Perú, es la de millones de trabajadoras del hogar sujetas a #trabajoinfantil desde muy temprana edad💔
📖 Conoce su testimonio aquí:
👉 bit.ly/4kly1Y4
Proteger la infancia es una forma de construir futuro 🌱
#CrecíTrabajando
📖 Conoce su testimonio aquí:
👉 bit.ly/4kly1Y4
Proteger la infancia es una forma de construir futuro 🌱
#CrecíTrabajando
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🧒🏽 La historia de Marcolina Infante, Secretaria General de SINTTRAHOL Perú, es la de millones de trabajadoras del hogar sujetas a #trabajoinfantil desde muy temprana edad💔
📖 Conoce su testimonio aquí:
👉 bit.ly/4kly1Y4
Proteger la infancia es una forma de construir futuro 🌱
#CrecíTrabajando
📖 Conoce su testimonio aquí:
👉 bit.ly/4kly1Y4
Proteger la infancia es una forma de construir futuro 🌱
#CrecíTrabajando
¡Se viene el segundo webinar de WIEGO sobre #Formalización y #TrabajoDecente!
✍🏼 ¡Inscríbete ahora! 👉 bit.ly/4lYffrn
✊ Sigamos construyendo solidaridad entre las personas trabajadoras rumbo a la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo 2025
#CIT2025
#ILC2025
✍🏼 ¡Inscríbete ahora! 👉 bit.ly/4lYffrn
✊ Sigamos construyendo solidaridad entre las personas trabajadoras rumbo a la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo 2025
#CIT2025
#ILC2025
May 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
¡Se viene el segundo webinar de WIEGO sobre #Formalización y #TrabajoDecente!
✍🏼 ¡Inscríbete ahora! 👉 bit.ly/4lYffrn
✊ Sigamos construyendo solidaridad entre las personas trabajadoras rumbo a la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo 2025
#CIT2025
#ILC2025
✍🏼 ¡Inscríbete ahora! 👉 bit.ly/4lYffrn
✊ Sigamos construyendo solidaridad entre las personas trabajadoras rumbo a la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo 2025
#CIT2025
#ILC2025
👧🏽7,1 millones de niñxs realizan trabajo doméstico.
🚨 ¡Visibilizar el #TrabajoInfantil es el primer paso para erradicarlo!
📖 Conoce la historia de nuestra Presidenta, Juana del Carmen Brítez ➡️ www.ilo.org/es/creci-trabajando
#CreciTrabajando
🚨 ¡Visibilizar el #TrabajoInfantil es el primer paso para erradicarlo!
📖 Conoce la historia de nuestra Presidenta, Juana del Carmen Brítez ➡️ www.ilo.org/es/creci-trabajando
#CreciTrabajando
May 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
👧🏽7,1 millones de niñxs realizan trabajo doméstico.
🚨 ¡Visibilizar el #TrabajoInfantil es el primer paso para erradicarlo!
📖 Conoce la historia de nuestra Presidenta, Juana del Carmen Brítez ➡️ www.ilo.org/es/creci-trabajando
#CreciTrabajando
🚨 ¡Visibilizar el #TrabajoInfantil es el primer paso para erradicarlo!
📖 Conoce la historia de nuestra Presidenta, Juana del Carmen Brítez ➡️ www.ilo.org/es/creci-trabajando
#CreciTrabajando