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A Federação Internacional de Trabalhadores Domésticos (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, a Aliança Internacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (IAWP), as Associações de Mulheres Trabalhadoras Autônomas (SEWA), Índia, e a Mulheres no Emprego Informal: Globalizando e...
Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора (IAWP), Ассоциация самозанятых женщин (SEWA), Индия, и организация «Женщины в неформальной занятости: глобализация и органайзинг» (WIEGO) приветствуют доклад МОТ...
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India, and WIEGO welcome the report by the International Labour Organization on Decent work and the care...
The experience of the KAMBE SACCO highlights the importance of savings as a safety net for workers in informal employment in times of emergency. During Uganda’s COVID-19 lockdown, with no other support available, two-thirds of the KAMBE SACCO’s members withdrew their savings from the Cooperative...
The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward in India, and for governments in other countries interested in developing similar schemes.
Several influential international organizations, academic studies and reports claim that social protection is an important driver of informality. This paper critically reviews the available evidence. On the whole, the literature does not support strong claims about the effect of social protection...
Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the positive impact that collecting data and statistics has had on women’s work in India and beyond.
This brief explores the experiences of self-employed workers with Article 40 of Thailand’s Social Security Fund on the basis of focus group discussions with home-based workers, street vendors and motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok. Most participants reported the compensation for lack of income when...
รายงานสรุปฉบับนี้อภิปรายถึงประสบการณ์ของผู้ประกอบอาชีพอิสระที่เป็นผู้ประกันตนมาตรา 40 ผ่านการสนทนากลุ่ม (focus group discussion) กับผู้ทำการผลิตที่บ้าน ผู้ค้าหาบเร่แผงลอย และผู้ขับขี่รถจักรยานยนต์รับจ้างในกรุงเทพมหานคร ผู้เข้าร่วมส่วนใหญ่รายงานว่า...
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.