General Objective

To promote dialogue and cooperation between countries of origin and destination in the design of labor migration policies that respond to the needs of the labor market and protect the rights of domestic and care workers.

Specific Objectives

1. To encourage the exchange of experiences between countries and/or regional mechanisms in recognizing skills and training of domestic workers, as well as in migration regularization and labor formalization of domestic workers.
2. To identify regional initiatives that can be promoted from the RCM to improve the protection of domestic and care workers, in the current context of crisis generated by the pandemic.
3. To promote, among the countries that have ratified ILO Convention No. 189, coordination channels for the effective implementation of the standards referring to migrant domestic workers.
4. To generate recommendations on the matter for Member Countries and serve as input for the Third Congress on Women.