Building Collective Power

Domestic Workers: Organizing the Patience Industry

Camarada Albertina Mundlovo is a domestic worker in Maputo, Mozambique. An Indian Ocean port city, Maputo is Mozambique’s largest economic...

Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed Countries

This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of or­ganizational...

Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

Lautloses Heer der Domestic WorkersMitbestimmung

This article (in German) is from the journal of the Hans Boeckler Foundation “Mitbestimmung” (co-determination).

Stealing from the Poor: Wage Theft in the Haitian Apparel Industry

From the Executive Summary of the report: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages...

Self Employed Women : A Profile of SEWA’s Membership

Abstract: This booklet provides a thorough analysis of the membership of SEWA, Self Employed Women‟s Association. SEWA is an officially registered...

Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development: Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy

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CSI Guía de acción – Trabajo decente, vida decente para los trabajadores y trabajadoras del hogar

Informal workers Organising and Representation (In Central and Eastern Europe).

Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature

This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....