At 10.00pm on Tuesday, the Committee on Domestic Workers completed the discussion of all 19 articles of the convention and adopted it! Whilst it doesn’t yet mean that the Convention is adopted (it will still need to be voted for in Plenary), it represents a giant step towards recognising the rights of domestic workers – children, adults and migrants.
I felt very privileged to be in the Committee room as a real sense of achievement could be felt by all in the room. The Committee members also broke their own procedure and clapped for a few minutes to celebrate the achievement!
As we know, article 4 on the minimum age and the right to education for child domestic workers was protected during the negotiations, which was a real success. It is good to know that the substance of most of the other general articles also was preserved.
After the Chair closed the session, workers starting humming and singing a very touching song from South Africa in celebration, it was a very happy and significant moment.
Audrey
I felt very privileged to be in the Committee room as a real sense of achievement could be felt by all in the room. The Committee members also broke their own procedure and clapped for a few minutes to celebrate the achievement!
As we know, article 4 on the minimum age and the right to education for child domestic workers was protected during the negotiations, which was a real success. It is good to know that the substance of most of the other general articles also was preserved.
After the Chair closed the session, workers starting humming and singing a very touching song from South Africa in celebration, it was a very happy and significant moment.
Audrey
Thank you so much for this, cheers to the success:-) to my fellow former child domestic workers, THIS IS REALLY IT! let's continue to work for the betterment of our sector.
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