The Americas

Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

Hometown Associations and Development: The Case of El Salvador

Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 3 Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The...

Empoderamiento Legal de los Trabajadores en la Economía Informal

Estratégias para fortelecer la capacidad de las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Sumário Executivo: Vendedoras e Vendedores de Rua da Região Metropolitana de Lima

Linking Trade and Labour Standards: A Promising Synergy or Double-edged Sword? Acta Juridica

Trade liberalisation is increasingly promoted and regulated through regional, bilateral or unilateral trade arrangements. In recent years...

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...

Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.

em português   ABSTRACTS:   English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...

Measuring informal employment in Mexico

Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

Behind the label: inequality in the Los Angeles apparel industry

Gang Leader for a Day