Public and Workplace Services

Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Is precarious employment more damaging to women’s health than men’s?

Work-Related Social Protection for Informal Workers

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Social protection for women homeworkers: a case of healthcare services in Thailand

Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health

Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of...

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...

Urbanisation, migration and social policy: Asian perspectives

A brief presentation to visualize the way rapid urbanization and migration impact on social policy needs and financing for women informal...

Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

Hierarchies of Care Work in South Africa: Nurses, Social Workers and Home-based Care Workers

Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa