Resource Library
The resource library is a virtual knowledge hub containing a variety of documents which have been classified by thematic focus and tagged by countries and other helpful information. Each item in the library can be viewed and downloaded by the users.
A comprehensive analysis of policies and frameworks governing foreign employment for Nepali women migrant workers and migrant domestic workers. Exploring the migration policymaking process with a specific focus on bans and restrictions on foreign employme
One of the principal causes and risk factors for forced labour and trafficking, identified by past research led by the International Labour Organizatio…
The invisible workers: Bangladeshi women in Oman
The purpose of this ethnography is to follow the lives of working women from Bangladesh and document and analyse the diversity of their individual and…
Migration and gender in Bangladesh: An irregular landscape
This survey is part of a series of studies commissioned by the Work in Freedom Programme of the ILO in order to document the motives and trajectories o…
In the Shadow of the State: Recruitment and Migration of South Indian Women as Domestic Workers to the Middle East
This background paper describes and analyses the drivers, pathways and experiences of migrant women from South India as domestic workers in Gulf countries.…
Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Domestic Work
The policy brief highlights common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to domestic work in India, Bangladesh, Nep…