The IDWF Training on Social Protection and Care Economy is designed to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and advocacy capacities of domestic worker leaders, unions and organizations to advocate for inclusive social protection systems for domestic workers, including migrant domestic workers.
The training explores the relationship between social protection, care work, gender, workers’ rights, and migration, while examining the specific legal, financial, administrative, and structural barriers that prevent domestic workers from accessing social protection. Participants will learn about international labor standards and ILO recommendations, effective coverage mechanisms, portability of benefits, and approaches to extending social protection to workers in various informal settings.
Through participatory activities, real-life case studies, country experiences, practical assessment tools, and peer learning, participants will examine what works in different contexts and explore emerging challenges such as platform work, digitalization, and climate change.
The final part of the training focuses on turning knowledge into action. Participants will identify gaps in their national systems, develop priority demands, map key decision-makers and allies, and explore organizing and advocacy strategies to influence policy and practice. The training aims to leave participants with stronger knowledge, practical tools, and concrete commitments for advancing social protection for domestic workers at national and regional levels.