Workers’ Health and Safety

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 ...

Help Wanted: Abuses Against Female Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia

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

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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...

Integrating Occupational Health into Public Health Provision: The Case of HomeNet Thailand

HomeNet Thailand (HNT) has long advocated for the integration of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) into the Thai Universal Coverage...

The Welfare Fund Model of Social Security for Informal Sector Workers: The Kerala Experience

CDS Working Paper, No. 332

Chemicals Management and Occupational Health in Tanzania. Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...