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This newsletter includes links to reports, videos and other information about IDWF . Other issues of IDWF Newsletter are available.
Este boletín incluye enlaces a los informes, videos y otra información sobre la FITH. Otras ediciones de FITH Boletín están disponibles. Available in English
Law is essential to improving livelihoods and lives. Legal frameworks, however, are designed for the formal economy. Too often, laws fail to protect and support informal workers. Instead, legislation—and the way it is enforced—criminalizes informal workers’ livelihood activities. Like all workers...
Como todos los trabajadores, los trabajadores en empleo informal necesitan un marco regulador que proteja sus derechos y fomente un clima de estabilidad y seguridad. WIEGO inauguró su Programa “Derecho y la economía informal” para abordar estos desafíos. Este es el primer boletín del Programa de...
Le droit est essentiel pour l'amélioration des vies et des moyens de subsistance. Les cadres juridiques, cependant, sont élaborés pour l'économie formelle. Trop souvent, les lois échouent à protéger et à soutenir les travailleurs et travailleuses de l'économie informelle. Au lieu de cela, la...
This video, filmed by Rameshwar Bhatt, shows a busy Sunday Market in Ahmedabad.
Esta Plataforma Política ha sido conformada durante el 1er Intercambio Regional de Experiencias de Trabajadoras del Hogar: Convenio 189 y Seguridad Social, el 18 y 19 de febrero de 2017 en la Ciudad de México, en el marco del primer aniversario de la toma de nota del Sindicato Nacional de...
From PBS NewsHour: "Rotting animal hides and toxic chemicals. That's the stench emanating from a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s capital, where hundreds of leather tanneries are packed into two square miles and workers, toiling away under horrific conditions, don’t know the full danger they face. Hari...
This policy document outlines the policy measures taken by the Government of India for the protection and welfare of Indian female domestic workers coming to Kuwait.
This Political Platform was developed during the 1st Regional Exchange of Experiences of Women Domestic Workers: Convention 189 and Social Security, on 18 and 19 February 2017 in Mexico City, in the context of the first anniversary of the establishment of the National Union of Domestic Workers...
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.