Millions of domestic workers worldwide now have basic labor rights, as the International Labor Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention officially came into force last week. When it passed in June 2011, Convention 189 marked a major milestone, signaling the global community’s recognition that the 53 million workers who labor in households, often in isolation and at risk of exploitation and abuse, deserve full protection of labor laws. The historic action pointed to the recognition that domestic workers, 83 percent of whom are women, perform work—and that entails rights equal to all other wage earners. Read more at the Solidarity Center.