Legal Empowerment

A Report on Kayayei in Ghana

Localizing Global Rules: Public Participation in Lawmaking in Vietnam

As the pace of legal harmonization in developing East Asian states increases to comply with international trading treaties, a disjunction...

Mediating from the margins: The role of intermediaries in facilitating participation in markets by poor producersSouth African Journal of Labour Relations

Abstract: This article argues that the preponderance of market intermediaries is driven by two imprimaturs. The first relates to the global...

Domestic workers and Informality: Compliance with Decent Work for Domestic Workers as a Transgression to the Asymmetrical Law of the Home Workplace*

The situation of informality addressed through invisibility and the consequent need to overcome the asymmetrical law of home-based work. ...

Law: New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of New York, with links to multilingual resource pages

Report from 2011 Consultation with Head Porters (Kayayei) in Ghana

Bibliography on Law and Domestic Work

Books and journal articles on law and domestic work, with an emphasis on legal changes around the ratification and implementation of ILO...

Resolución directoral No 023-2013-MTPE: Perfil ocupacional de trabajadores del hogar

Resolución directoral sobre perfil ocupacional de trabajadores del hogar

Summary of Legal Framework on Street Vendors in Peru

Summary of materials related to the legal framework for street vendors.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...

Towards Inclusion of South African Domestic Workers Under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

This paper situates protection