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Presentation from the 2005 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).
Presentation from the 2015 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).
This booklet "displays the findings of the study and shows many good practice examples of what trade unions do and can do to get domestic workers from isolation to organisation, e.g. through better laws and state-led systems, or through collective agreements with employers." Booklets are available...
Livrets sont disponibles en anglais, français, espagnol, allemand et italien. Un rapport correspondant est disponible en anglais, français et allemand. Ces documents sont disponibles sur le site Web de l'EFFAT .
Los folletos están disponibles en inglés, francés, español, alemán e italiano. Un informe relacionado está disponible en inglés, francés y alemán. Todos están disponibles en el sitio web EFFAT .
"This book brings together two fields that rarely converse with one another: deliberative democracy and development studies. The study of deliberation—which explores normative and practical questions around group-based decision making via discussion or debate, particularly as an alternate or...
Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily...
Abstract: The informal workforce represents more than half of all workers in most developing countries and a significant share of workers in developed countries. This paper summarizes the history and forms of organizing informal workers, providing a timeline of organizing, typologies of organization...
From this edition of the ILO's newsletter: "In a series of e-mails, the INWORK branch of the International Labour Office presents to you some of the ILO's most important publications on domestic work. In view of the symbolic meaning December 12 has for the « 12 + 12 campaign », this week’s resources...
De cette édition du bulletin d'information du BIT: "Dans une série d'e-mails, INWORK vous présente les publications les plus importantes du Bureau International du Travail concernant le travail domestique. Face à la signification symbolique du 12 Décembre pour la campagne « 12 ratifications en 2012...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.