Public and Workplace Services

Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers

Extending social protection to informal workers, most of whom are excluded from social protection, has become increasingly urgent as the...

Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle

La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...

Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.

Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...

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...

The transition from the informal to the formal economy

Report V(1) at 104th Session, 2015

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers

Social Protection in Africa: Evidence, Politics, and Rights

Towards full and decent employment

Occupational Health and Safety and the Poorest

Occupationally related injury and illness is a major, but largely under-explored, potential source of worker vulnerability. This study investigates...