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Pushpaben Ishwarbhai Makwana puts in long days looking after her household and four children in Ahmedabad, India and also working as a domestic worker.
The Balsewa child care centre model was initiated by the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, to fill a gap in the provision of child care facilities for its members: poor women working in the informal economy. Meet some of the women who work in these centres and learn...
Accessible quality child care is especially vital to ensuring women—who bear most of the responsibility for caring for children—can be productive workers. Across Bangkok, public and privately funded child care centres operate to fulfil this need. This case study examines how three centres resources...
Having access to quality child care enables mothers to earn an income while knowing their children are safe and well cared for. Balsewa centres are run by the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India to serve its members. This case study introduces some of the women who work in these...
This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia. It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales (2006 - present) as well as the unfulfilled demands of the social movement of domestic workers. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View...
This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the 2450/2003 Law and activities of the movement during the Evo Morales presidency. It also explores the international dimension of the struggle of Bolivian domestic...
Las trabajadoras del hogar bolivianas, como la mayoría de este colectivo en todo el mundo, han sufrido históricamente peores condiciones laborales y salarios más bajos que otros trabajadores. Además, la mayoría de las trabajadoras del hogar de Bolivia son discriminadas por ser mujeres migrantes de...
Este documento explora las luchas de los trabajadores domésticos en Bolivia. Se concentra en leyes y políticas aplicadas por el gobierno de Evo Morales (2006 - presente), así como en las demandas incumplidas del movimiento social de las trabajadoras domésticas. Ver lista de todas las Notas de WIEGO
Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
Bangkok, Thailand Photo by: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage On October 13th to 15th, 2017, leaders of the Federation of Informal Workers (FIT) representing four occupational sectors (home-based workers, domestic workers, street vendors and motorcycle taxi drivers) met for negotiations and...
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.