Theme: Workers’ Health and Safety

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

The following document describes the work of the SEWA’s community workers. This Workers’ Lives essay offers an intimate look at those...

Always on Call: Abuse and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers in Indonesia

A comparative analysis of paid leave for the health needs of workers and their families around the world

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The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers

In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,...

Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers

Abstract: Large numbers of workers worldwide work informally. Yet the discipline and practice of occupational health and safety covers largely...

Bad Dreams: Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia

What is a Human-Rights Based Approach to Health and Does it Matter?Health and Human Rights

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A Study of Working Conditions inthe Zanzibar Seaweed Farming Industry

This study aims to produce a, clear portrait of working conditions in the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a worker perspective....

Extending Health and Safety to Informal Workers: A Photo Essay

Introduction: There is great diversity in the informal economy—of occupation, place of work, status in employment, extent of regulation,...

Borderline Slavery: Child Trafficking in Togo