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Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America. Domestic work is mostly, but not exclusively, performed by women and increasingly by migrants. Female domestic workers are concentrated in cleaning, cooking, and child care while male...
From the publisher: "Through case study material from a 2004 study of urban informal employment in Surat, India, this chapter emphasises the importance of improving employment quality in order to reduce poverty, and the need to assess employment quality by gender and employment status to ensure...
This article examines the relationship between state regulation and the informal economy at the macro-level across a broad set of countries. The analysis shows (a) that countries have different types of regulatory environments—varying by the degree of state regulation of economic activity—and the...
Paper for session III-3 at Hanoi Research Meeting, The Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Statistical Measurement, Economic Implications and Public Policies, Hanoi, Viet Nam, May 6-7, 2010
Paper prepared for the Social Law Project Conference, 7-8 May 2010, Cape Town. Abstract: This paper examines a number of organising models and strategies of domestic workers. The organizations include trade unions; cooperatives; networks; alliances; non-governmental organizations; member based...
ILO: Geneva
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.