Theme: Livelihoods

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City

Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...

Lautloses Heer der Domestic WorkersMitbestimmung

This article (in German) is from the journal of the Hans Boeckler Foundation “Mitbestimmung” (co-determination).

Strength in Networks: Employment Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination

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Gestão Pública Sustentável de Resíduos Sólidos – Uso de Bases de Dados Oficiais e de indicadores de sustentabilidade

Contextualising workers’ health and safety in urban settings: The need for a global perspective and an integrated approach

Organizing informal workers in the urban economy: The case of the construction industry in Dar es Salaam

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Women workers and precarious employment in Shenzen Special Economic Zone, China

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...