Public and Workplace Services

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 ...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers, Report IV(1)

International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011

Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

Website: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil

OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

Training and Resource Support Centre (TARSC)

Based in Zimbabwe, this is an organization that provides training, research and support services to state and civil society groups with a...