All posts in Poverty / Inequality
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Journal Articles
Living Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers
The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector...
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Research Reports
PR No. 15A – Text of the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers
The present document, which elaborates, describes and explains the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011, is the result of the General Conference...
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Research Reports
Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor
This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers. ...
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Journal Articles
Challenging Economic Inequality: Tactics and Strategies
Economic and social inequality is a major problem, implicated in poverty, ill health and exploitation. Inequality has increased in many countries...
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Research Reports
The Informal sector in Asia from the Decent Work Perspective
This report is the first of a series of papers that were commissioned under the auspices of the ILO Inter-Sectoral Task Force on the Informal...
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Journal Articles
The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India
This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...
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Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry
Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...
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Research Reports
Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry
Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...
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Books & Book Chapters
Women in Informal Employment: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
This is a chapter from the publication, “Is Informal Normal? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries.”
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Journal Articles
El empoderamiento de las mujeres: Encuentro del primer y tercer mundos en los estudios de géneroRevista de estudios de género: La ventana
Resumen: Dos conceptos han marcado la producción de la teoría feminista: género y empoderamiento.
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