Legal Empowerment

Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997

The purpose of this Act is to give effect to and regulate the right to fair labour practices by establishing and enforcing basic conditions...

C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973

Part of the ILO’s eight core Conventions, this Convention requires states to set a minimum age for employment and provides for the...

Law and the Informal Economy Newsletter, March 2018 issue

Law is essential to improving livelihoods and lives. Legal frameworks, however, are designed for the formal economy. Too often, laws fail...

Informal Workers and Legal Protection in Thailand

Overview of laws and demographics concerning informal workers, with an emphasis on access to social protection

Labour Rights as Human Rights Debate at Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

• November 27, 2017

Cambridge, MA, United States Photo by: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage

Workshop with MUFIS in Malawi

• December 12, 2017 - December 14, 2017

Lilongwe, Malawi   A workshop with the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) leadership took place on December 12th to 14th 2017,...

Law Exposure Dialogue Programme in Dakar

• April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019

Pour voir cette page en français cliquez ici April 26-28, 2019 Legal professionals and public officials lived and worked alongside informal...

Contact-dialogue sur le droit

• April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019

View this page in EnglishDakar, SénégalÀ Dakar, au Sénégal, pendant deux nuits et une journée, des expertes et experts juridiques et des...

Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy

• March 13, 2014 - March 14, 2014

This event, supported by WIEGO, took place March 2014, in Johannesburg, South Africa   “Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy” Africa...

Regional Exchange of Domestic Workers

• February 18, 2017 - February 19, 2017
• Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City Domestic Worker in Mexico, Photo by L. Arauz. Courtesy: CACEH Convened by the Centre for Support and Capacity