CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Under the banner of the International Domestic Workers Network,  140 women in domestic and farm labor, including migrants, made their voices heard in favor of decent work for domestic workers in South Africa's western cape. 

"We are still at the back and we still have a lot of hard work to do," stated Myrtle Witbooi, general secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU) and International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN) steering committee chair.  "So once again we must put women's issues back on the agendas of all countries."  For more information go to www.sadsawu.org.

TANZANIAN CHODAWA HEAD EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF ILO CONVENTION -- Titus Mlengeya, National Chair of the Tanzanian Conservation, Hotels, Domestic and Allied Workers' Union, gives an interview to the ITUC about why his union needs an ILO Convention on domestic work.

BENIN DOMESTIC WORKERS GET LABOUR CODE PROTECTION -- Read here about the success of the Domestic and Restaurant Workers' National Union, SYNEMB, and its local from northern Benin, the Hotel and Domestic Workers Union of Borgou-Alibori, SEHM/BA, in winning recognition under Benin's labour code.