Project profile — Opening doors: more and better opportunities for domestic workers in Peru

• Peru (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (49.00%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Labour Rights (16070) (51.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)

The project aims to improve the socio-economic conditions of women domestic workers by strengthening the implementation of gender-responsive national policies and regulatory frameworks within the National Care System of Peru, and by empowering them to claim and defend their rights as valued professionals within Peruvian society, with the support of women's organizations.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) a stronger National Care System based on inclusive national policies and regulatory frameworks that protect the socio-economic rights and respond to the needs of women care workers; and (2) empowerment of women domestic workers who mobilize collectively to claim and defend their rights as valued professionals within Peruvian society.

Results achieved as of March 2023 include: the International Labor Organization’s Andean Countries Office, in collaboration with federations of domestic workers, unions and women’s organizations: (1) generated relevant evidence for the project, including a study on the Supply and Demand of Care Services, a proposal for a Strategy for Care Training, a study on the characterisation of care workers in Peru, a study on the development of the domestic workers’ trade union movement in Peru, and a study of employers' perceptions of the law on domestic workers; (2) participated in focus groups to assess expectations and interest in skills certification and training needs; interviews to build the history of the trade union movement; the development of the communication campaign and workshops to develop trade union plans in different regions; and (3) developed training on gender equality, gender-based violence and leadership and effective communication; mapped key actors in civil society; and prepared a report on programs and services related to the rights of domestic workers.

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