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On June 16, 2011, the International Labor Organization (ILO) voted to adopt a landmark treaty extending key labor protections to domestic workers. The accomplishment will protect millions of people who have been without guarantees of their basic rights. Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations that make up the ILO overwhelmingly voted to adopt the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, which establishes the first global standards for the estimated 50 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide, the vast majority of whom are women and girls.