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Summary from Office of Development Effectiveness: "Women dominate the informal economy. Within informal employment, their wages are lower than men’s. The types of informal work women do as market or street vendors, hawkers or homeworkers, expose them to risks to their physical safety and health. The...
El presente documento parte de un diagnóstico reciente del fenómeno de la informalidad en México. Con base en este diagnóstico, se pretende abordar la problemática en términos de política económica y social, y en especial, los relativos a la protección social de los grupos de trabajadores en...
Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina
The present document, which elaborates, describes and explains the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011, is the result of the General Conference of the International Labour Organization, summoned in Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and held in that city on June 1, 2011.
This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil. The statistics are based on analysis of the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) survey of 2007, conducted by Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. This...
Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination, and their lives are characterised by various types of vulnerabilities and deprivations that result from the denial of social, economic, political and...
Revista del Centro Nacional de Derechos Humanos
This is a chapter from the publication, " Is Informal Normal? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries ."
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.