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Domestic workers — those who cook, clean, sweep, and child-mind in private homes across the globe — face unusually challenging circumstances in their every day working lives. Those challenges have fuelled a movement by the workers themselves, and this week we’ll hear from those women on the...
Camarada Albertina Mundlovo is a domestic worker in Maputo, Mozambique. An Indian Ocean port city, Maputo is Mozambique’s largest economic node. Like most domestic workers, Albertina works long days and must struggle for her rights as a worker. This publication is part of the WIEGO Workers' Lives...
Descrição resumida Este “Worker’s Lives” traça um perfil da camarada Albertina Mundlovo - uma líder na luta por justiça para os trabalhadores domésticos em Maputo, Moçambique. Uma cidade portuária no oceano Índico, muito próxima da África do Sul, Maputo é o maior centro econômico de Moçambique e...
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
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.