Public and Workplace Services

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. 

The Effects of Handling Solid Waste on the Wellbeing of Informal and Organized Recyclers: a review of the literature

Estimated at 15 million people operating globally, informal recyclers perform a vital public service while working individually or within...

Violence et travail informel – Note d’information

Dans  le  contexte  de  la  discussion  de  l’OIT  pour  l  ́élaboration  de normes  libellée  «  Violence  et  harcèlement  contre  les ...

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

  This document is in both English and French. Ce document est écrit en anglais et en français. For more information click here. Disponible...