Legal Empowerment

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

Work Like Any Other, Work Like No Other: Establishing Decent Work for Domestic Workers

In anticipation of the implementation of the ILO Convention on the Rights of Domestic Workers, analyzes the unique challenges of creating...

Procurement Policy Subversion in Contracts Between South African Retailers and Suppliers

Abstract: This chapter focuses on tensions and regulatory gaps impacting public procurement reform in the private sector (supply chain) doing...

Informal Economic Strategies: Advocacy For Street Vendors In Brazil

This paper is an introduction to informal labor; the politico-territorial characteristics of street vendor commerce in the city of Sao Paolo;...

The Diffusion of Rights: From Law on the Books to Organizational Rights Practices

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Introduction: Labor Law and Development-Perspectives on Labor Regulation in Africa and the African DiasporaComparative Labor Law and Policy Journal

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)

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.

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights