Domestic Workers: Issues and Challenges
Domestic Worker
All India Survey on Domestic Workers
Majority consists of women
Too vast and unregulated
Mostly permanent
Most of these are from vulnerable communities
To do the household work
Most of them are migrant workers
It would help find percentage distribution domestic workers
To estimate the number and proportion of domestic workers at National and State level
Why need such Survey?
Dearth of data on the magnitude and prevailing employment
Domestic workers (DWs) constitute a significant portion of total employment in the informal sector.
Issues associated with domestic workers in India
Child labour issue
Denial of Minimum wages
No social security
Cases of torture, beatings, sexual assault, and incarceration
Vulnerable sections involved
Hired and fired at will
ILO's Convention on Domestic Workers
Not ratified yet
India is a signatory
Way forward
Addressing society’s devaluation of housework
Improving these employees’ abysmal working conditions and terms
Enacting a Domestic Workers Regulation of Work and Social Security Act