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1. Migration and Decent Work: Challenges for the Global South

Author:
Lucía Ramírez Bolívar and Jessica Corredor Villamil
Publication Date:
03-2022
Content Type:
Book
Institution:
Dejusticia
Abstract:
Migration and Decent Work: Challenges for the Global South features nine chapters written by sixteen activists, academics, and members of civil society who have worked on the issue of migration from different angles and who address the challenge of migrants’ labor inclusion from an interdisciplinary and rights-based perspective. Their contributions offer an overview of migrants’ and refugees’ right to work in a range of countries in the global South—from Mexico to India to Argentina to Turkey—based on an analysis of local contexts, public policies, and the everyday realities faced by these workers.
Topic:
Migration, Labor Issues, Refugees, Trafficking, Asylum, Inclusion, Domestic Work, and Sex Work
Political Geography:
South Asia, Middle East, South America, and Global South

2. A perspective on domestic work based on interviews in Lima,Peru

Author:
My Rafstedt
Publication Date:
12-2017
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:
his policy brief aims to spark reflection on the conditions of domestic workers, and the importance of independent institutions like trade unions for protecting their rights. Drawing on conversations with domestic workers in Lima, Peru, it shows how particularly those who live with their employees are often subjected to maltreatment. Trade unions perform essential services by informing domestic workers of their labour rights, empowering them to demand these from their employers, and providing legal aid. Parallels are drawn to the au pair programme in Norway. Despite a comprehensive legal framework, au pairs may face similar problems associated with living in the home of the employer, with the additional insecurity of working and living in an unfamiliar country. It is vital that independent organizations for the protection of the rights of au pairs in Norway can continue their work, to limit abusive labour conditions.
Topic:
Trade, Labor Rights, Domestic Work, and Trade Unions
Political Geography:
South America and Peru