ILC110/III/(B) – Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy Table of contents III. IV. Ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 149 and 189 425 1. Prospects for ratification (a) Prospects for the ratification of Convention No. 149 (b) Prospects for the ratification of Convention No. 189 425 425 426 2. Potential challenges preventing or impeding ratification (a) Convention No. 149 (b) Convention No. 189 426 426 427 3. The role of the social partners in promoting ratification 427 Proposals for ILO action 428 1. Requests for technical assistance 428 2. Need for standards-related action (a) Comments by governments (b) Comments by the social partners 428 428 429 Concluding remarks 431 I. Care economy workers 435 II. Nursing personnel 436 III. Domestic workers 439 Appendices447 I. Ratification status (Conventions Nos 149 and 189) 448 II. Governments that provided reports 453 III. Workers’ and employers’ organizations that provided reports 454 13

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