Poverty / Inequality

The Living Wage: Winning the Fight for Social Justice

Down and Out in Ahmedabad

Migrant workers, who are often landless labourers, seek succour and refuge in night shelters mandated by the Supreme Court of India.

Women Workers in the New Economy

Women and the Informal Economy: A Think Piece

Summary from Office of Development Effectiveness: “Women dominate the informal economy. Within informal employment, their wages are...

Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Informality and Gender in the Labour Market for Muslims in India: Has education been a route out of poverty?

Stealing from the Poor: Wage Theft in the Haitian Apparel Industry

From the Executive Summary of the report: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages...

Addressing Informality, Reducing PovertyPoverty in Focus

There is increasing recognition that decent and productive employment is an essential pathway to poverty reduction. Most of the working poor...

Home Truths: Domestic Workers in California

The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa

Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination,...