Poverty / Inequality

Domestic workers and Informality: Compliance with DecentWork for Domestic Workers as a Transgression to the Asymmetrical Law of the Home Workplace*

The situation of informality addressed through invisibility and the consequent need to overcome the asymmetrical law of home-based work. ...

Women Workers in the New Economy

Promoting Low-Carbon Transport in India and the Challenges of Social Inclusion: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Case Studies in India

Supporting Informal Livelihoods in Public Space: A Toolkit for Local Authorities

This toolkit is designed to assist city officials and other local authorities to adopt an inclusive approach to managing public space that...

Home Truths: Domestic Workers in California

One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...

Home Truths: Wellbeing and Vulnerabilities of Child Domestic Workers

Growth, Structural Change and Wage Rates in Rural India

Examining the structural transformation in India and its developed states to know whether they have passed the Lewis turning point, this...

PR No. 15A – Text of the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers

The present document, which elaborates, describes and explains the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011, is the result of the General Conference...

Down and Out in Ahmedabad

Migrant workers, who are often landless labourers, seek succour and refuge in night shelters mandated by the Supreme Court of India.