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Impact Story
Home-based workers in Bulgaria: Using the ILO Reporting Mechanism to Work
In Bulgaria, the Trade Union of Self-employed and Informal Workers (UNITY) has made significant gains advocating for homeworkers’ labour...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them
Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020Las personas trabajadoras textiles más vulnerables no trabajan en fábricas: Las marcas mundiales deberían protegerlas
Las personas trabajadoras en la parte inferior de la cadena de suministro textil (trabajadoras subcontratadas, en su mayoría mujeres, que...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020Les travailleuse·eur·s les plus vulnérables de l’industrie du vêtement ne sont pas dans les usines : Les marques mondiales doivent les protéger
Les travailleuse·eur·s au bas de la chaîne d’approvisionnement du vêtement – des travailleuses sous-traitantes à domicile, notamment des...
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Research Reports
Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales
El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
Reflexiones sobre derecho e informalidad – Octubre 2019
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
Law and Informality Insights – October 2019
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Working Papers
The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks
This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...
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Resource Documents
Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand
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Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019In Dakar, lawyers experience informal workers’ daily lives and rethink policy
Policymaking that impacts informal workers rarely comes with first-hand knowledge of their lives and needs. A new initiative in Dakar, Senegal,...
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