In a new report this week, the International Labour Organization says that nearly 30% of the world's domestic workers are completely excluded from national labor laws.

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The organisers hope the meeting will raise some of the broader issues surrounding the current negotiations, particularly those affecting women, whom they say have been completely excluded from the process so far.

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"Local forest communities and civil society groups have so far been completely excluded from the initiative, which is primarily about 'partnerships' between international conservation organisations and international loggers, " said Simon Counsell, director of the Rainforest Foundation.

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Pros aren't completely excluded from Key West.

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