African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could overcome some of the challenges they are facing and improve their livelihoods.
Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances in their every day working lives. Those challenges have fuelled a movement by the workers themselves, and this week we’ll hear from those women on the frontlines fighting for recognition and change.
16 June 2011 was a momentous day for domestic workers around the globe.
After a long, worker-led struggle, the International Labour Organization (ILO) finally adopted the Domestic Workers Convention 2011 (No. 189). Domestic workers celebrated their recognition as workers who are entitled to labour rights and protections by in the international community.
WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working to elevate the voice and visibility of informal workers across the globe. We’ll be spotlighting our network throughout the year to understand more about what is happening on the ground and at the highest levels of change. Sign up here to follow this series.
Pensez aux stands de nourriture délicieuse en Asie du Sud-Est, aux artistes de rue en Afrique, au conducteur de pousse-pousse au Bangladesh et aux travailleurs et travailleuses1 à domicile invisibles qui brodent des vêtements et cousent des souliers en Inde. Qu’ont-ils tous en commun ? Ils font tous partie de la main-d’œuvre informelle mondiale.
