Asia & the Pacific

Documentation of Non-standard Employment in Japan

Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University ...

SEWA Newsletter No. 45

Contents:           SEWA’s Unique Co-operatives: Gujarat Women’s SEWA Cooperative Federation     SEWA’s Co-operatives Sweep...

VIDEO: Ilo Ilo

A film by Anthony Chen. It is about the relationship between a Singaporean family and their maid amidst the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis....

Case Study: Mrs Chaweewan Boonmee (Sewing Work)

Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers

According to Verite Research: This is a video that was developed for a concert in aid of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka. Domestic work is...

Regional Update for HomeNet Southeast Asia – Global Conference on HBWs 2015

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

Mulheres atrás do volante: a história de Satvashila Potekar

No modelo da SWaCH PCMC, a coleta de materiais recicláveis é feita por equipes independentes que consistem de dois coletores e um motorista....

World Urban Campaign: The People’s Economy and the Future of Cities

This blog post about improving engagement between city authorities and the urban working poor was written by Sally Roever, WIEGO’s...

VIDEO: Why Slum Dwellers in South Africa Are Collecting Data About their Communities

By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Next City’s journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking...

Home Workers Protection Act B.E.2553 (2010)

This legal document outlines the provisions of Thailand’s ground-breaking legislation for home-based workers: The Home Workers Protection...