Theme: Legal Empowerment

Employment Rights Act, 2012

This Act makes provisions for the rights of employed persons in Barbados.

C 87, Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize, 1948

This Convention is part of the ILO’s eight core Conventions. It provides workers and employers with the right to establish and join...

Regulating global value chains to realize labour rights for homeworkers

Presentation from Session 8 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference – “Homeworkers in Global Value Chains.”

Informal Workers and Legal Protection in Thailand

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

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

APSP Conference in Maputo

• October 18, 2017 - October 20, 2017

Maputo/Mozambique Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage

Law, Justice and Development Week 2017

• November 6, 2017 - November 10, 2017

Washington DC, USA The Law, Justice and Development Week 2017 took place from November 6th to 10th, in Washington DC, United States. The...

Labour Law Research Conference in Toronto

• June 25, 2017 - June 27, 2017

Toronto, Canada Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage   The Labour Law Research Network (LLRN) Conference is held every two years...

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,...