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

Engendering Social Protection

Conference Summary Report from an International Conference on Social Protection and Gender, held with social protection officials and civil...

Informal workers and the use of mobile technology and communications: Findings from key informant interviews

This is a report of a small study done to explore how mobile phones are being used, and might be better used, to improve the health of informal...

Understanding South African social security through recent household surveys: New opportunities and continuing gapsDevelopment Southern Africa

The aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer...

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Zulu)

This summary, in Zulu, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

Institutional Mapping of Child Care Actors

Unprotected Labour: What Role for Unions in the Informal Economy?

Articles include:InterviewInformal work: From concept to action, by Christine NathanInformal work: Concept and definitionWork, law and the...

Going Downmarket: Ghana’s Rural Banks Adapt informal Savings Methodology