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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 22, 2020

    Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal ven un largo camino hacia la recuperación, a menos que los gobiernos actúen

    Los datos arrojados por la primera fase del estudio sobre la crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal, dirigido por WIEGO en 12 ciudades,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal

    Most domestic workers in Nepal are employed in live-out arrangements with multiple employers while others, many of them adolescent girls,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey...

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  • Stories/Case Studies
  • Stories/Case Studies
  • DW in Johannesburg Research Reports

    WIEGO Briefing Note on Violence at Work

    The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), and the accompanying Recommendation (R206) were adopted in 2019. This briefing...

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  • Domestic worker in Ranchi, India Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study November 09, 2020

    Coping with COVID-19: SEWA’s Domestic Workers on the Pandemic and Beyond

    Two domestic workers from India share their experiences about the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown on their work and lives, the difficulties...

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  • Domestic worker in Ranchi, India Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study November 09, 2020

    Cómo hacerle frente a la COVID-19: las trabajadoras del hogar de SEWA durante la pandemia y más allá

    Dos trabajadoras domésticas de India comparten su experiencia sobre el impacto de la COVID-19 y el aislamiento obligatorio en su trabajo...

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  • Domestic Worker in South Africa Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 27, 2020

    Domestic workers are on the frontline of this pandemic, and at risk

    Worldwide, at least 67 million people are employed as domestic workers. Their work allows families living in those households to do their...

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  • Domestic Worker in South Africa Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 27, 2020

    Trabajadoras del hogar: en primera línea de la pandemia y en riesgo

    En todo el mundo, al menos 67 millones de personas están empleadas como trabajadoras del hogar. Gracias a su labor, que permite que las familias...

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