May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of... Read More
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... Read More
Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns... Read More
Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak Analyzes how women workers are using organization and mobilization to enforce their rights. Read More
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... Read More
Toward a Common Framework for Informal Employment across Developed and Developing Countries This paper addresses the importance of developing a common framework for defining informal employment in developed countries, and highlights... Read More
Waste Pickers’ Recognition as Public Waste Managers in Colombia Presentation prepared for the Conference “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South.” Read More
Women in the Informal Economy: Economic Actors and Global Leaders Press ReleaseIn examining the role played by women from all walks of life, including farmers and informal sector workers, as well as business... Read More
Researching Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrant Domestic Workers in Diplomatic Households Read More
The Material and the Symbolic: Intersectionalities of Home-Based Work in IndiaEconomic and Political Weekly Capital has an overarching logic of accumulation in general and yet the economic rationale, intercepted by national and local configurations... Read More
