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This case study attempts to assess the overall impact of the project element: Economic and Employment Rights: Advancing Domestic Workers’ Leadership including the achievements, outcomes and critical success factors. The case study is based on annual reports of the programme, interviews with...
Este boletín incluye enlaces a los informes, videos y otra información sobre la FITH. Otras ediciones de FITH Boletín están disponibles. Available in English Esta edición describe sobre la reunión anual que el Comité Ejecutivo llevó a cabo en Sao Paulo en septiembre de este año además sobre la...
By Leslie Vryenhoek Domestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers to be more productive outside the home. In Johannesburg, South Africa, domestic work provides a major source of employment. But capturing the working lives...
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Ernestina Ochoa de la Federacion Internacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar (IDWF) explica la importancia del empoderamiento de las mujeres trabajadoras del hogar Conoce más sobre el trabajo de WIEGO con UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Adelle Blackett, professor of law at McGill University, spoke with WIEGO about the adoption of C189 and its significance, her role in challenging mindsets about domestic work and the importance of domestic workers’ voices in arriving at the adoption. Read a related blog post .
Abstract: The 1960 Ethiopian Civil Code regulates domestic working conditions, and it largely depends on employers’ sense of fairness. The Code provides insufficient protection to domestic workers and has failed to facilitate stable domestic labour contracts to the disadvantage of employers. The...
LLDRL Working Paper Series #7
It’s been five years since the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted during the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Adelle Blackett, professor of law at McGill University, was on the frontlines during the multi-year process that led to this...
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.