Asia & the Pacific

Domestic Workers Welfare and Social Security Act 2010

This Act seeks to provide for the portection of the welfare of domestic workers in India to protect them from exploitation.

Municipal and Police Laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad

This document outlines street vendor laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad

Ep 3: Domestic Workers in the city

“Domestic Workers in the city” is the third episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally...

Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

Creating Quality Jobs in China

Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Poverty and Inequality and Relationship to Informality in India

Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Women Behind the Wheel: The Story of Satvashila Potekar

SWaCH waste picker co-operative operates door-to-door waste collection for households in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Waste-collection...

SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit

SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit (known simply as SWaCH, which means “clean”) is a solid waste collection and handling cooperative. Initiated...

Domestic Workers March for “Equal Rights For All”

Law: Special Provisions Act of Delhi (India), 2009

Law authorizing the Central Government of India to, inter alia, create a scheme for the regulation of Delhi street vendors in accordance...