Asia & the Pacific

HBWWF rally on South Asian HBWs Day, KHI

Home workers are playing an important role in the domestic economy, social development is impossible without recognizing their rights. On...

Organising the Unorganised: A Case Study of the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers)

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Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China

Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

From Labourer to Master Mason: the Story of Gangaben Vaniya

Women make up 51% of the workers in construction, yet are paid a small portion of what men are paid. The story of Gangaben Vaniya shows how...

GEFONT Weekly News

Weekly News in English and Nepali from General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT).

Ghazipur Landfill Waste Pickers New Delhi

Shows the working conditions of waste pickers in one of New Delhi’s major landfills.

Court Case: Maharastra Hawkers & Ors v Municipal Corp. of Mumbai (India)

Supreme Court of India case concerning Municipal Corp. of Greater Mumbai’s regulation of street vendors

Case Study: Mrs Malee Thamdee (anchovy gutting and cleaning)

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

Ragpickers as Recycling Managers

I Got Garbage aims to take rag-pickers away from scavenging, and bring them to the source of waste as uniformed service provider to bulk...