Child Care

Labour and human rights frameworks promoting childcare for all workers

This second policy brief on childcare for workers in the informal economy highlights the relevant international legal instruments, including...

Quality child-care services for workers in the informal economy

Women working in the informal economy must earn income. Child-care provision and parental leave are proven to have a positive impact on women’s...

Three new ways of looking at the urgent need for quality childcare

Few public investments will have as transformative an impact on present and future generations, and on equality between women and men and...

Women in the gig economy: paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa

  This is the description provided by ODI: The gig economy is expanding globally, with exponential growth forecast in traditionally female-dominated...

Global Health at the Frontline-Community Health Worker Level

• November 10, 2019
• Women's Leadership in Global Health Conference
  Kigali, Rwanda

This panel at the Women’s Leadership in Global Health Conference, 2019, gave essential frontline health workers—who are usually women...

Four Key Points to Ensure Child Care Reaches the Poorest Working Women

This year’s World Day for Decent Work on October 7 calls for improved investment in the care economy, including child care. WIEGO’s Social...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...

New Podcast Unpacks How Informal Workers are Fighting for Healthcare, Child Care and Safety at Work

Globally, 2-billion people work in the informal economy. They are some of the most vulnerable workers in the world, and they are the new...

Subcontracted Homework in India: a Case Study of Three Sectors

The Gender Dimensions of the Globalization of Production

This paper focuses on the globalization of production that has opened up opportunities for women to enter new areas of paid employment, earn...