[3] This network was provided strong support by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations, Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Global Labour Institute (GLI) and International Labour Organization.
In June 2011, after a 2-year negotiating process, the ILO Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (C189) was passed.
The Founding Congress was held on 26–28 October 2013, and the IDWN was renamed to its present name, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF).
[6] IDWF engages in both advocacy and research efforts to organize domestic workers around the globe.
With an eye towards the context of the care economy, safe migration, and ending sexual abuse, the IDWF has centered its efforts on organizing migrant and refugee domestic workers.