Legal Empowerment

Ratification as International Solidarity – Reflections on Switzerland and Decent Work for Domestic WorkersConnecticut Journal of International Law

Protecting the Worker in the Informal Economy: The Role of Labour Law

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.

“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.

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أطلقت شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية الإصدار الثالث لراصد الحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعيّة في البلدان العربيّة الذي ركّز هذه المرّة...

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Precarious Migrant Status and Precarious Employment: The Paradox of International Rights for Migrant Workers

Discusses the challenges of using international law to protect the rights of precariously-employed migrant workers.  The author concludes...

Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana