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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC), India, is organising a virtual conference on ‘Vulnerability, Legal Protection And Human Rights Of Domestic Workers’ on April 16, 2021, according to an NHRC release.
The objective of the conference is to start a dialogue on following issues to ameliorate the human rights situation of the domestic workers : The Central and State Governments to take effective measures to include domestic workers in the existing labour legislations and ensure equivalent protection due to the specific nature of their work ; The effective implementation of the various Acts for the welfare and progress of domestic workers, which primarily depend on the action of State governments and the involvement of civil society ; Improve the conditions of migrant domestic workers in India as most of domestic workers migrate from tribal and rural areas to urban areas for work opportunities; A comprehensive legislation for domestic workers, administrative system for the implementation of the legislative provisions and active involvement of civil society and non-government organizations to strengthen the delivery system for protection of the rights of the domestic workers in India; Formulation of a Standard Operating Procedure/ guidelines (regarding complaints of domestic workers) to be followed by all the stakeholders/functionaries dealing with the issues of domestic workers.