Occupational Group: Domestic Workers

The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey...

VimoSEWA Case Study

SEWA Social Security Case Studies

Coping with COVID-19: SEWA’s Domestic Workers on the Pandemic and Beyond

Two domestic workers from India share their experiences about the impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown on their work and lives, the difficulties...

Cómo hacerle frente a la COVID-19: las trabajadoras del hogar de SEWA durante la pandemia y más allá

Dos trabajadoras domésticas de India comparten su experiencia sobre el impacto de la COVID-19 y el aislamiento obligatorio en su trabajo...

Domestic workers are on the frontline of this pandemic, and at risk

Worldwide, at least 67 million people are employed as domestic workers. Their work allows families living in those households to do their...

Trabajadoras del hogar: en primera línea de la pandemia y en riesgo

En todo el mundo, al menos 67 millones de personas están empleadas como trabajadoras del hogar. Gracias a su labor, que permite que las familias...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....

Global Day of Action: Invest in Care, Now!

WIEGO is joining the Global Day of Action for Care on 29 October 2020, calling on governments to invest in public health and care service...

COVID-19: What happens to women with low incomes after they lose their jobs?

“It’s very hard to see what the other end of this crisis is going to look like at the grassroots level, at the base of the economic...