Asia & the Pacific

Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program

Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures...

Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Resistance and Compliance in the Age of Globalization: Indian Women and Labor Organizations

Abstract: This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004....

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

The bulk of Pakistan’s workforce is unorganized, and the data available do not depict the true picture, particularly of the number of women...

Outworkers and Precarity: The Case of Victorian Clothing WorkersJust Policy: A Journal of Australian Social Policy

Abstract: Clothing outworkers are some of the most exploited and marginalised workers in the Australian labour market. If trade unions are...

Human Development and Clothing Manufacturing in Cambodia: Challenges and Strategies for the Garment Industry

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

Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty Programme