• Members of SUMAPI, a domestic workers union in the Philippines, rally for the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention on December 19, 2011.
    © 2011 SUMAPI
    Domestic Workers Convention: Labor Rights Treaty to Take Effect
    The Philippines’ ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention will bring the groundbreaking international treaty into legal force, promising better working conditions and key labor protections for millions of domestic workers. The convention takes effect one year after the second ratification.
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  • A victory against modern day slavery
    Dec 1, 2012
    Growing activism against modern-day slavery has highlighted the abuse and exploitation suffered by millions of men, women, and children around the world. Donor funding has flowed to create shelters and services for victims while a proliferation of anti-trafficking legislation has focused on arresting and prosecuting traffickers.
  • A year of progress in eliminating violence against women
    Nov 24, 2012
    On November 25 every year, a grim accounting takes place: the world takes stock of violence against women, the toll it takes, and progress toward eliminating it. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has been commemorated on November 25 for more than three decades. It’s a day each year when my colleagues and I focus on the courageous women we have met, the injustices they’ve suffered, and the hope they inspire.
  • Morocco: Abuse of Child Domestic Workers
    Nov 15, 2012
    Girls as young as 8 endure physical abuse and work long hours for little pay as domestic workers in Morocco.
  • Bahrain: Abuse of Migrant Workers Despite Reforms
    Sep 30, 2012
    Hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in Bahrain face exploitation and abuse despite government reforms intended to protect them, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today.
  • Protecting the domestic front
    Sep 14, 2012

    It would be a wonderful gift for the many domestic workers if a treaty, which could signal better protection of their rights, was signed before Christmas. 

  • Nepal: Protect, Don’t Ban Young Women Migrating to Gulf
    Aug 13, 2012
    The Nepali government should revoke its new ban on women under the age of 30 from working in Arab Gulf countries and instead should improve protections so domestic workers can migrate safely – such as by ensuring full monitoring and accountability of recruitment agencies in Nepal.
  • Domestic Workers Convention: Labor Rights Treaty to Take Effect
    Aug 6, 2012
    The Philippines’ ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention will bring the groundbreaking international treaty into legal force, promising better working conditions and key labor protections for millions of domestic workers. The convention takes effect one year after the second ratification.
  • Jordan: Government Clamps Down on Civil Society
    Jul 31, 2012
    Jordan’s government is violating the right to freedom of association by denying, without explanation, a civil society organization permission to accept foreign funding.
  • Letter to Jordanian Prime Minister al-Tarawneh Regarding NGO Funding
    Jul 19, 2012
    Human Rights Watch is writing to express our deep concerns regarding the cabinet’s recent rejection of foreign funding to a Jordanian nongovernmental organization (NGO).
  • Plight of Domestic Workers Still Forgotten in the Sex Abuse Debate
    Jun 28, 2012
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