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Domestic workers have become an integral part of labour force across the globe, with millions of people, largely women and several underage peopleworking in this informal sector. The number of such workers is estimated to be a few crores in India alone. To celebrate their contributions to the economy, the world observes International Domestic Workers Day on June 16, the day the International Labour Organisation’s Convention on domestic workers was adopted, setting labour standards for them, and also to address their plight. Despite this convention coming into force in 2013, this group of workers are deprived of their basic rights in most parts of the world. With no social security scheme, legal protection and economic security, they were among the first to be hit by the pandemic-induced lockdowns, as households that once needed their services abruptly stopped over fear of exposure to the disease. It dealt a devastating blow to the livelihoods of millions of people by cutting off the

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