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Executive Summary | Full Sector Report (English) Sumário Executivo (português) Resumen Ejecutivo (español) The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect conditions of work in the...
Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste production threatens public and environmental health. Reuse and recycling are widely recognized to provide broad environmental benefits. Although most...
The global supply chains of 50 companies employ only six per cent of people in a direct employment relationship, yet rely on a hidden workforce of 94 per cent according to new research from the International Trade Union Confederation. Read the report . Read a news article about the report.
This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place in three countries in Africa – Kenya, Ghana and Uganda – between December 2012 and December 2015. The project aimed to develop the leadership and business skills of...
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour market outcomes of women in India based on unit level data sets of employment and unemployment surveys undertaken in 1999-2000, 2004-2005, and 2011-2012. The paper analyzes the gender differentials that exist in the employment status of...
From the publisher: " Middle India and Rural-Urban Development explores the socio-economic conditions of an ‘India’ that falls between the cracks of macro-economic analysis, sectoral research and micro-level ethnography. Its focus, the ‘middle India’ of small towns, is relatively unknown in...
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in a cooperative of women of recyclable materials in São Paulo. 2016, 152. Master thesis (Master in Environmental Science) - Environmental Science Graduate Programme -...
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.