Child Care

Quality child-care services for workers in the informal economy

Women working in the informal economy must earn income. Child-care provision and parental leave are proven to have a positive impact on women’s...

Three new ways of looking at the urgent need for quality childcare

Few public investments will have as transformative an impact on present and future generations, and on equality between women and men and...

Women in the gig economy: paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa

  This is the description provided by ODI: The gig economy is expanding globally, with exponential growth forecast in traditionally female-dominated...

Global Health at the Frontline-Community Health Worker Level

• November 10, 2019
• Women's Leadership in Global Health Conference
  Kigali, Rwanda

This panel at the Women’s Leadership in Global Health Conference, 2019, gave essential frontline health workers—who are usually women...

Four Key Points to Ensure Child Care Reaches the Poorest Working Women

This year’s World Day for Decent Work on October 7 calls for improved investment in the care economy, including child care. WIEGO’s Social...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers, Report IV(1)

International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011

Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing...

Childcare Initiative Summary Report – Hindi

कामकाजी गरीब से संबंधित छह सदस्य-आधारित संगठनों (MBOs) से असंगठित महिला श्रमिकों और बच्चों की देखभाल पर शोध निष्कर्षों का सारांश

Role of Informal Sector Recycling in Waste Management in Developing Countries