Theme: Legal Empowerment

A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Varieties of Legal Dualism: Making Sense of the Role of Law in Contemporary Russia

Explores dual (formal/informal) systems of political use of the courts and informal social/business networks in Russia.

Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights

This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia.  It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales...

Rights of Home-based Workers

Legal Empowerment of Workers in the Informal Economy

This report provides detailed information on a project, where workers were trained on unionism, social security, occupational health and...

Mobilizing Law in Contemporary Russia: The Evolution of Disputes Over Home Repair Projects

Analyzing the accessibility of formal substantive law to ordinary Russians and finding low rates of participation in the legal system, even...

People want to work, yet most have to labour: Towards decent work in South African supply chainsLaw, Democracy and Development

The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Every Pair Tells a Story: Report on a Survey of Homeworking and Subcontracting Chains in Six Countries of the European Union

The six countries included in the report are Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands.