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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. Informational Article

    Ratifications of the Home Work Convention (C177)

    It’s has been more than two decades since the adoption of ILO’s Home Work Convention (C177) of 1996, but only 10 countries have...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Commemorating 20 Years of Landmark Convention for Homeworkers

    Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    How home-based workers in Ahmedabad formed a union to improve their lives

    By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr...

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    Global Advocacy and Negotiations September 18, 2019

    New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment

    When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Achieving decent employment for all requires improving workers’ homes and livelihoods

    WIEGO and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) are co-chairs of the Grassroots Partners Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners,...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Bangkok home-based workers find strength in numbers

    Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers,...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Photo Essay Part I: Home as a Place of Work

    This is the first of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part two here.

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Photo Essay Part II: Hidden Workers in Sunder Nagari

    This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here.When we visited Sunder...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

    2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    The Fair Trade Movement for Informal Workers

    A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week

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