Scroll down to learn more about this initiative and other materials from the CISS on the subject.
For the moment, the documents are only available in Spanish
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The dashboard contains data from 2010 to 2023. You can select a specific timeframe of years by entering the years in the boxes, as well as sliding the bar below them.
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The data was obtained from surveys conducted by the statistical institutes or offices of the different countries. More details here.
Domestic work is an activity aimed at sustaining people’s lives through domestic and caregiving tasks, both paid and unpaid. In most cases, this work is carried out by women who often have low levels of formal education and characteristics that expose them to multiple types of discrimination (poverty, living in peripheral areas, being migrants, or belonging to indigenous or racialized populations). Because of this, they face constant violations of their rights and high levels of exclusion from social security.
The CISS has launched this observatory with the aim of generating and disseminating evidence on the access conditions to social security for paid domestic workers, in order to guide informed public decision-making. The data presented here was obtained through household surveys implemented in the different countries of the Americas.
In addition to the data site, we offer a variety of documents developed by the CISS on the subject.
For the moment, the documents are only available in Spanish
The Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization (ILO), is the most important international legal instrument regarding the regulation of paid domestic work. It establishes standards to ensure that people engaged in this activity have access to the same rights as those working in other sectors.
We enlist here the countries in the Americas that have ratified this convention and the date on which they did so. Likewise, we invite the rest of the American states to ratify this instrument.
*Information revised up to January 2024
There is a heterogeneous progress in the regulation of paid domestic work in the Americas. Some countries have legislated it through general regulations applicable to all employment relationships, while others have issued specific laws in the matter. Here are some examples of how this activity has been regulated in the Americas.
*Information revised up to January 2024
*Information revised up to January 2024
In this site, you will find data, research, and events conducted by the ICSS for these populations.