The International Labour Organization: The United Nations

Domestic Workers Dept: The International Labour Organization, a UN body tasked with monitoring labour conditions through the world, says there are now 53 million domestic workers on Earth. The figure has jumped by 19 million from the mid-1990s until today, the ILO says an increase of more than 50 per cent, according to CBC. Some 83 per cent of domestic workers are women, the ILO says. Global problem The United Nations says there are 53 million people employed worldwide as nannies, cleaners, butlers, servants and housekeepers, and many are being exploited. The agency acknowledges that the figure likely understates the true number of household workers, because the large number of people who change countries to work as nannies and cleaners are often work under the table and are never recorded in official data. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.