Public and Workplace Services

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

Assessment of the Health Impact of Occupational Risk in Africa: Current Situation and Methodological IssuesEpidemiology

This paper presents information from the current monitoring systems in Africa, mainly Southern Africa, for occupationalillness and injury...

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

Report of the Working Group on Occupational Safety and Health for the 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-2017

Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections

This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues...

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

Women and Globalisation: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Construction Workers in Contemporary India

This article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research...

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

Adding Methodological Thickness to the Study of Social Policy & Informal Workers in the Development Context: Relational Approaches & Adverse Incorporation

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Indonesia: Exploitation and Abuse: The Plight of Women Domestic Workers