Asia & the Pacific

A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers

The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...

Towards a Transformative Agenda for Women’s Economic Empowerment

By Jenna Harvey There is a growing global consensus that advancing women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is critical both as a matter of human...

Conmemorando los 20 años de la histórica ley internacional sobre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio

Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

Ciudades inclusivas para los trabajadores en empleo informal

En la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, mucho más de la mitad de la fuerza de trabajo urbana es informal. Pero las trabajadoras y los...

Five Blogs that Highlight Key Achievements for Informal Workers in 2017

The global movement of informal workers – led by worker organizations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America – made major strides this...

HNSEA Universal Health Coverage Workshop at ASEAN People’s Forum

• September 10, 2019 - September 12, 2019
• Bangkok, Thailand

Members of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for the ASEAN Summit from 31 October...

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Wages and Incomes in Formal and Informal Sectors in India

Organizing the ‘Unorganized’: Varieties of Transnational Trade Union Collaboration and Social Dialogue in Two Indian Cities

Special issue on labor in the global South