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Contents: SEWA's Unique Co-operatives: Gujarat Women's SEWA Cooperative Federation SEWA's Co-operatives Sweep the Top Awards in Gujarat The Journey of Shri Gujarat Mahila Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative Limited SEWA Medical Shop for Women Workers Vimo SEWA: First National Co-operative The First...
Issue Highlights: 1. The IDWN has scheduled its Founding Congress for October 25-27, 2013, in Uruguay 2. Historic Workshop of DWs in Guinea: DWs at Guinee Parliament 3. SINTRASEDOM, Colombia held its 13th Congress 4. Organizing DWs in Thailand gains momentum 5. "Rate Card" sets minimum standards on...
Renana Jhabvala, National Coordinator of SEWA and Chair of WIEGO, was the keynote speaker at the World Bank’s fourth Social Protection and Labor Learning Forum held in Hyderabad, India from October 30 to November 3, 2012. This blog entry is a summary of her remarks as keynote speaker.
Expo Co-op 2012 united co-operative enterprises from over 35 countries
The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important to their cities (waste pickers).
The Program maintains a Database of Conditions of Work and Employment Laws, which provides information on laws from around the world. The database covers measures on minimum wages, working hours and holidays, and maternity protection and provides information on around 130 countries from all regions.
Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law is a research and teaching center devoted to the development of an understanding of labor law at the University of Melbourne. The Center’s website describes the activities of the Center and contains links to several databases that are of interest to...
A weekly e-newsletter about worker rights and labor, published by In These Times . For more information about this and other newsletters from In These Times, click here .
A website with "news and analysis of cities around the world".
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.