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Abstract: The informal workforce is growing worldwide, and changes in the global structure of employment and in places of employment mean that work is a source of hazard and ill‐health for many poorer workers. Yet informal workers do not have access to work‐related social security. They face high...
Background Paper for 2013 World Development Report on Jobs For its 2013 World Development Report (WDR) on Jobs, the World Bank team commissioned WIEGO to produce a set of case studies with a synthesis report on representative voice and economic rights of informal workers. This background paper...
A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad's busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing SEWA movement can help lift a worker's burdens. This publication is part of the WIEGO Workers' Lives Series .
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...
Abstract: For millions of unskilled maids (house-helpers) in India, who have no recognition as a labor-force, Maid in India organizes, trains and provides them employment, which enables them to access Maid in India’s employment benefits, including comprehensive healthcare, health and life insurance...
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 article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an action research project on producer organizations of working poor women and their engagement in Fair Trade markets. Members of Fair Trade Forum India and Fair Trade Group Nepal participated in a global project on Women’s...
This practical guide outlines how the right to information, a right that is broadly recognized in international law and in most countries national laws, can be used to securing livelihoods. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
In this article, the author describes how domestic workers in the United Kingdom are especially precarious because they are both socially and economically subjugated, and are exempted from wage and hour protections, minimum wage law, and many health and safety standards. The author links this...
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.