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In Bangladesh, there were about 3.2 million non-agricultural and 7.4 million agricultural home-based workers, according to the 2016/17 Labour Force Survey. This represents, respectively, about 5.2 and 12.1 per cent of the employed population aged 15 and older. The data presented in this brief are...
The October 6-8 global e-conference "Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What's Next for Social Protection?" provided a space to evaluate, share experiences on and learn about social protection responses to COVID-19 and allowed the community to discuss the future of social protection in...
We, the undersigned, call on the IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity around the world, and instead advocate policies that advance gender justice, reduce inequality, and decisively put people and planet first. As those who care about governments’ ability to fulfil human rights and advance...
The insurance authority of India has made public a report that calls for the urgent implementation of changes that would expand microinsurance across the country.
En la Ciudad de México y en las zonas urbanas de México, las mujeres representan el 42% y los hombres el 58% de la fuerza laboral (Tabla 1).1 A nivel nacional, la proporción de mujeres en México es levemente inferior, con un 39%. Entre 2013 y 2019, el empleo en México aumentó en más de 5 millones de...
With formal workers buffered to some extent by the protection provided through their formalized work relations, and the poorest of the poor able to cling to their pre-existing lifeline of governmental social assistance, it was the ‘missing middle’, often uncovered by any protection programmes, that...
Dado que la situación de lxs trabajadorxs en empleo formal se ve atenuada, hasta cierto punto, por la protección que reciben a través de sus relaciones laborales formalizadas, y que lxs más afectadxs por la pobreza pueden aferrarse al salvavidas preexistente de la asistencia social gubernamental...
Les travailleuse·eur·s du formel, d’une part, ont été quelque peu touché·e·s par la protection offerte par leurs relations de travail officielles. Les plus démuni·e·s, d’autre part, subsistent grâce aux aides sociales gouvernementales. Voilà le « milieu délaissé », souvent négligé par les programmes...
The Kathmandu Declaration for the rights of South Asian home-based workers was adopted by representatives of South Asian Governments, UN agencies, NGOs and Trade Unions during a Conference organized by UNIFEM and WIEGO in October 2000 and supported by International Development Research Centre. This...
In August 2020, The Global Labour University launched a free self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Global Supply Chains in Times of COVID-19, to provide practitioners, scholars and unionists from around the world with critical knowledge on the impact of the COVID-19 on workers in global...
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.