All posts in Europe & Central Asia
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Building Collective Power November 22, 2020Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal ven un largo camino hacia la recuperación, a menos que los gobiernos actúen
Los datos arrojados por la primera fase del estudio sobre la crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal, dirigido por WIEGO en 12 ciudades,...
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Impact Story
Home-based workers in Bulgaria: Using the ILO Reporting Mechanism to Work
In Bulgaria, the Trade Union of Self-employed and Informal Workers (UNITY) has made significant gains advocating for homeworkers’ labour...
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Advocacy Materials
HNEE Petition: Emergency Minimum Income for Unofficially Registered Employees – Now!
Text of the petition We call on the European Union to create a financial instrument to support all informal workers with the introduction...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020Innovation and unity: How home-based workers are adapting to the COVID-19 world
Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020
Innovación y unidad: Cómo se están adaptando las personas trabajadoras en domicilio al mundo de la COVID-19
Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020
Innovation et unité : Comment les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile s’adaptent au monde de la COVID-19
Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks
Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace. To support...
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Working Papers
The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks
This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...
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Journal Articles
Homework in Germany and Spain: Industrial Restructuring and the Meaning of Homework for WomenGeoJournal
Abstract:
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Research Reports
Informal Economy and Trade Unions in Germany
Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.
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