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  • Norma Palacios Worker Story

    Norma Palacios, a domestic worker leader in Mexico City

    Norma Palacios is one of the co-founders and leaders of SINACTRAHO, a domestic workers’ union in Mexico that seeks to raise awareness of...

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  • Report

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances....

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Nagaland

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Nagaland, as well as highlight key policy...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Kerala State

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in India’s Kerala State, where the minimum...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Bihar State

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Bihar State. Bihar included domestic workers...

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  • Woman sawing from home (Tailoring) during COVIS-19 pandemic Policy/Position Documents

    Position Paper on Inequalities and the World of Work, prepared for the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference

    Despite a pre-pandemic modest decrease in the number of people living in extreme poverty, the number of extremely poor increased by about...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    Empowering Domestic Workers: Community Paralegals Project

    Community paralegals –who are members of a community or group trained in the law to assist their fellow community or group members with legal...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Madhya Pradesh

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Madhya Pradesh, one of India’s poorest...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Tamil Nadu

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Tamil Nadu, one of the first Indian states...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Community Paralegals as a Tool to Foster Domestic Workers’ Legal Empowerment and Access to Justice

    Domestic workers around the world face a decent work deficit that is due to exclusions from labour laws, the low value associated with the...

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