Region: Asia & the Pacific

The Self-Employed Women’s Association

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector presents a profile of non-agricultural, informal sector (proprietary, sole...

Uncovering Non-Garment Homework in Australia: Preliminary Issues

Abstract: Homeworkers are the most marginalized and one of the most exploited groups of workers (Greig, 2002), with an estimated 300 million...

The Investment Climate for Female Informal Businesses: A Case Study from Urban and Rural India

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Earning their keep and keeping what they earn: A critique of organizing strategies for South Asian women in the informal sector

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Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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