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Abstract Globally between 1980 and 2000, women’s economic activity rate expanded, narrowing the gender gap in labor force participation. Thus, females now account for one third or more of the “officially counted” personnel of export industries (UNICEF 2007), and export agriculture is now feminized...
Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the Rana Plaza on 24 April 2013 as the deadliest garment-factory accident ever known. Under renewed international pressure for multinational corporations (MNCs) to...
WIEGO's December 2013 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 . Ler o boletim em português .
Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2013 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français . Ler o boletim em português .
Une newsletter de WIEGO aux organisations de travailleurs informels basées sur leurs adhérents (OBA), décembre 2013 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français . Ler o boletim em português .
August 2013 MBO NewsletterUm Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, dezembro 2013 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français . Ler o boletim em português .
Subtitle : Key Characteristics and Recent Trends Contract workers – those employed by a third party rather than directly by the factory or enterprise where they work – are commonly found in global garment supply chains, yet remain largely ignored and poorly understood as a specific category of...
Better Work or ‘Ethical Fix’? Lessons from Cambodia's Apparel Industry, by Dennis Arnold. In this column, Dennis Arnold focuses on ILO’s Better Work programme in Cambodia with the analysis being on the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) which was established in 2001 involving the ILO, the Cambodian...
From the Executive Summary of the report: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages to workers that are among the lowest in any of the world’s leading apparel-exporting nations.1 Yet despite benefiting from rock-bottom labor costs – as well as...
"This report aims to empower consumers to purchase ethically while encouraging companies to ensure that the workers that produce the products they sell are protected and not harmed, that they are rewarded, not exploited and that they work free from the tyranny of modern slavery."
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.