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HomeNet Thailand, with support from WIEGO and other partners, campaigned for more than a decade to win legislative protection for homeworkers. In 2011, both the Homeworkers Protection Act B.E.2553 and a social protection policy came into force. This Impact brief explains how this was achieved, and...
Myrtle Witbooi, IDWN chair: "It's the time to come for the world to give us recognition to that woman who is getting up every morning, living behind our children, living behind our family. It's the time this Convention 189 comes to the reality. How do we make it a reality? On our own, we cannot do...
Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights for the state of California
Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue: Street vendors campaign for passage of Street Vendors Bill Delhi Food Safety Department to develop eight safe street food zones Vendors in Uttar Pradesh take up issues with state urban development...
Description from this International Transport Workers' Federation resource: "Growing numbers of informal and precarious workers are in the world’s transport industry. Many unions organise these workers, and adapt their organising strategies accordingly. Informal and precarious workers can organise...
Report V(1), International Labour Conference, 103rd Session, 2014
Overview: Women entrepreneurs in the informal economy need business engagements with other women (and men) that offer ‘spaces’ for dialogue to learn and build business capabilities. While formalization of entrepreneurial activity is favourable under some circumstances, it can be detrimental under...
Coordenação - Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Centro-Oeste Nordeste Norte Sudeste
From the book's website: Over the past year, the online magazine Next City has chronicled stories from the informal realm as part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues. Through photography, film and well over a hundred blog posts, those stories became a running narrative of the...
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.