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  • Presentations

    Mexico-Employment Formalization Program Statement

    WIEGO has translated the President of Mexico’s July 2013 speech, in which he discusses informal employment in Mexico. He notes that...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    7/29, Closing Panel – Chatterjee

    Mirai Chatterjee, of India Self-Employed Women’s Association, offers closing remarks on OHS for informal workers.

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Economy in Arab Nations: A Comparative Perspective

    Until fairly recently, labor markets in the MENA region were characterized by a large public sector, a small, weak private sector, and, depending...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Conditions of Work and Employment Laws

    The Program maintains a Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws, which provides information on laws from around the world. The...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Occupational Health & Safety of Informal Women Workers in India

    Learn more about: WIEGO’s Occupational Health & Safety Project SEWA

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    7/29, Closing Panel – Q&A

    Mirai Chatterjee and panelists field questions from the audience.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Cross-border care: how to protect migrants in domestic work

    This “solutions article” from the group Apolitical explores the growing need for migrant domestic workers in many developed countries,...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    ETUI Labourline

    ETUI Labourline is a database of European labor information resources covering European, international and comparative aspects of industrial...

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  • Legal Instruments

    National Brazilian Waste Policy

    “This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12,...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Empowering Home-based Workers in India

    Led by SEWA Bharat as part of its mandate to develop new SEWAs, SEWA Delhi started its efforts in 1999 by organizing women vegetable vendors...

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