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From the Executive Summary: "The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) entrust this study to the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to understand the employment conditions of wageworkers and self-employed professionals in Navi Mumbai, particularly in the...
From the publisher: "India's capitalist transformation has been spatially uneven. Combining several analytical approaches, the contributors identify socio-spatial regularities some contiguous with state boundaries, some transcending states and some contained within them - while providing evidence...
Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily...
Abstract: The informal workforce represents more than half of all workers in most developing countries and a significant share of workers in developed countries. This paper summarizes the history and forms of organizing informal workers, providing a timeline of organizing, typologies of organization...
Métodos participativos são essenciais tanto para explorar os diversos níveis de subordinação e discriminação que as mulheres catadoras enfrentam, quanto para criar recursos de empoderamento e oportunidades para a sua autonomia econômica. English | Français | Español
Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue: Street Food Festival 2014 NASVI Training Program Street Vendors' Act Conference in New Delhi Other issues of NASVI newsletter are also available.
This issue of the newsletter includes updates about the ILO Convention, information about new research related to domestic work in Sudan, domestic work in India, and trafficking in domestic work. It also includes information about relevant conferences in 2015.
Issue #6 of the Newsletter of the International Domestic Workers Federation Issue Highlights: 1. New online communication network launched 2. Domestic workers and democracy in Hong Kong Other issues of IDWF Newsletter are available.
From this edition of the ILO's newsletter: "In a series of e-mails, the INWORK branch of the International Labour Office presents to you some of the ILO's most important publications on domestic work. In view of the symbolic meaning December 12 has for the « 12 + 12 campaign », this week’s resources...
De cette édition du bulletin d'information du BIT: "Dans une série d'e-mails, INWORK vous présente les publications les plus importantes du Bureau International du Travail concernant le travail domestique. Face à la signification symbolique du 12 Décembre pour la campagne « 12 ratifications en 2012...
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.