For a Decent Work of Domestic Workers project closed Tuesday in Tunis.
The project, put in motion one year earlier on the initiative of the Tunisian General Labour Union (French: UGTT), is designed to secure the representativeness of domestic workers in a trade union which defends their rights.
The project, funded by Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz (Assembly of Cooperation for the Peace) ACPP, is also intended to create new structures to defend this segment of activity, said
Project Coordinator at a closure ceremony.
“In a first step, a national commission involving unions in social security and agriculture in the Greater Tunis was put in place,” she said.
Training sessions were held on a number of issues, mainly Law 37 of 2021 on the organisation of domestic work.
Similar commissions were created in regions, particularly in Sfax, Nabeul, Jendouba, Bizerte and Kairouan, the project manager said. Official and unofficial statistical data show there are 40,000 to 50,000
domestic workers in Tunisia.
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GTT Deputy SG in charge of women, youth and civil society organisations Samir Cheffi said the project is aimed to foster decent work for domestic workers.
The labour union is endeavouring to introduce structural changes in industrial relations through employment contracts, he added.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse