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Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become a rallying call for the global health movement and is now officially encapsulated within the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care...
HomeNet Southeast Asia, in collaboration with regional advocacy platform SEA Junction and WIEGO, held a panel discussion on social protection for informal workers and their need for inclusive health insurance and social security provisions.
The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was established in India in 1971 as the first trade union for informal workers. It now has over a million members, all of whom are poor women workers. SEWA took an interest in worker’s health from very early on – one of the first studies conducted by Ela...
Proposed at the World Social Forum in 2004 and officially formed at a National Consultation meeting in 2006, OEHNI is a network of victims groups, trade unions, civil society groups and labour groups from all over India with an interest in improving working conditions for all workers in India. It...
Located in New Delhi, India, the Women, Work and Health Initiative has been in operation since 2006. The organization focuses on issues of gender and work in India and links up university researchers with practitioners in Trade Unions and Government. At present it is engaged in the Swedish-India...
This was one of the ILO’s major decent work projects, and included a focus on occupational health and safety particularly among home based workers. Several of the resources which came out of the project are related to OHS and informal work. This resource includes lists of reports, studies and tools...
This website has information about e-waste collection and the informal sector.
Weekly News in English and Nepali from General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT).
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
WIEGO Briefs
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid waste management models that are true to an inclusive, circular economy while being suited for local contexts and offering livelihood protection.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.