Asia & the Pacific

Domestic Worker Manual (Thai) – คู่มือการใช้แรงงานประจำบ้าน

Manual for domestic workers (in Thai). 

Ela Bhatt Closing Address for UN HLP Consultation at SEWA (transcript)

Ela Bhatt delivered this closing address to the participants of the event, “Women’s Voices in the Informal Economy,” held...

VIDEO: Sunday Market Ahmedabad

This video, filmed by Rameshwar Bhatt, shows a busy Sunday Market in Ahmedabad.

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

This document contains an Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India...

Informal Workers Narrative Discussion

Chintan: Counterbalance Video

Where waste picker Mohammad Nazir from Delhi explains how they earn less (because of less access to waste due to the new private company...

Job Mobility in India: Empirical Findings From Field Based Survey (Beijing presentation)

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

Migration and Informality (Delhi presentation)

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

The Journey of Varshaben: From Vegetable Vending to Video SEWA

Young women have few opportunities to break out of the roles they are traditionally expected to take on in their families and as workers....

RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools

This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...