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Research ReportsImagining Social Security for Domestic Workers: Analysis of the Status of Social Security Coverage for Domestic Workers in 15 Latin American Countries
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects...
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PostBuilding Collective Power January 04, 2023Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond
In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...
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Resource DocumentsNew Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana
The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a...
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Policy BriefsClaiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi
Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...
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PostBuilding Collective Power September 22, 2022Unity of Informal Workers is Key to Domestic Workers’ Success
In this interview, Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), tells us what she hopes to...
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Statistical BriefsInformal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile
This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ...
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VIDEO: C189: Conventional Wisdom
This documentary film by the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) illustrates how women from around the world organized within...
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PostStatistics June 30, 2022Domestic Workers Worldwide: 5 Key Facts
In this blog, we highlight statistics that make visible the size and significance of the domestic worker sector. Data from 155 countries...
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Research ReportsCOVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary
The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their...
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Reportวิกฤตโควิด – 19 และเศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร ประเทศไทย – ผลกระทบทย่ี ืดเยือ้ และวาระการฟื้นตัว
วิกฤตโควิด19รอบสองและขอ้ มลู เศรษฐกิจนอกระบบในกรุงเทพไดเ้ปิดเผยใหเ้ห็นว่าช่วงกลางปี2563ซ่งึ เป็นช่วงเวลาของการเปิดประเทศรอบแรก(หลงัการระบาดของโควิด19)จนถึงกลางปี2564บรรดาลกูจา้ง...
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