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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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  • Homeworker in Thailand Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020

    The 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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  • Homeworker in Thailand Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020

    Las 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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  • Homeworker in Thailand Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 21, 2020

    Les 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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  • cover resumen ddrr 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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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 01, 2019

    In 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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