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Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage This year’s Human Development Report , the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship publication, revisits the relationship between work and human development. The report argues that work can act as a catalyst of human development, among other...
By Laura Alfers and Francie Lund In 2007, the Thai government took an extraordinary step and instituted universally free public health services funded by general taxation. The Thai public health system has had impressive results, including decreased infant mortality rates, increased life expectancy...
By Tania Espinosa Sánchez Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position as head of the Catholic Church. Yet the leader’s focus is not new; he has been working to bring more dignity to the lives of the world’s invisible workers...
Economic and social inequality is a major problem, implicated in poverty, ill health and exploitation. Inequality has increased in many countries since the 1980s and it is also widely seen as unfair, yet action against it has been sporadic and often ineffective. To better understand why inequality...
ILO INWORK Newsletter: Estimates on migrant domestic workers revealed! Features of this edition of the ILO's newsletter include: statistics on international domestic work, decent work for migrant domestic workers and awarding excellence in reporting fairly on labour migration. Disponible en español...
ILO INWORK Newsletter: Research on and with Domestic Workers From this edition of the ILO's newsletter: How domestic workers have won better working conditions around the world, d omestic work voice and representation and innovative forms of collective bargaining. Disponible en español Disponible en...
ILO INWORK Newsletter: Putting legal protections for domestic workers into practice From this edition of the ILO's newsletter: What labour inspectors can do to improve compliance and understanding non-compliance with minimum wages and developing enforcement strategies. Disponible en español...
WIEGO's December 2015 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français .
This issue focuses on COP21.
Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue: Street Food Festival Street Vendor News Social Protection Workshop NASVI National Conference Other issues of NASVI newsletter are also available.
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.