Theme: Workers’ Health and Safety

Violence and Informal Work – Briefing Note

this briefing note highlights the causes and impact of violence  that  informal  workers  experience  in  trying  to  secure  their  livelihoods....

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

Abstract:

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

em português

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Violence and Informal Work – Briefing Note in RUSSIAN

В  свете  принятия  документа  МОТ  «Насилие  и  преследование  женщин  и  мужчин  в  мире  труда»  на  Международных  конференциях  труда ...

SEWA Social Security: Organizing Women Workers for Insurance and Health Services

Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty Programme

World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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...

Health Risks and Informal Employment in South Africa: Does Formality Protect Health?International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The association between work and health has not been well explored in the context of economically developing countries, largely due to inadequate...