Arab States

The Informal Economy in Arab Nations: A Comparative Perspective

Until fairly recently, labor markets in the MENA region were characterized by a large public sector, a small, weak private sector, and, depending...

Regional Update for Africa & Middle East Global Conference HBW 2015

Presentation from the 2005 Global Conference on Home-Based Workers (HBW) organized by WIEGO and HomeNet South Asia (HNSA).

Informal Employment in the Arab Countries: Realities and Rights

Presentation by Samir Aita on informal employment in Arab countries given during the 2017 launch of the Arab Watch Report on Informal Employment. ...

Garbage

(Turkish with English subtitles)A documentary about the lives of waste pickers in  a garbage dump in Turkey. 

How human traffickers trap women into domestic servitude

More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf...

Charter for a Street-Trading Friendly African City: Steps that African Mayors can take to embrace inclusive and sustainable street trading management

Informal trading is a prevalent reality in African cities, still marked by high degree of poverty, unemployment and inequality, and affected...

Kingdom of Bahrain, Labour Law No. 36, 2012

This law comes in line with internataional standards and aligns Bahrains domestic law with several of the arab and international labour treaties...

Chartre pour une approche inclusive du commerce de rue dans les villes Africaines: Démarche à adopter par les Maires Africains pour une gestion inclusive et durable du commerce de rue

Le commerce informel est une réalité incontournable dans les villes africaines, marquées par un niveau élevé de pauvreté, de chômage et d’inégalités...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention

Launch of the Arab Watch Report on Informal Employment

• May 8, 2017 - May 9, 2017

Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon“Informal labor is not a marginal issue in Arab countries. It is a core component of modern Arab economies...