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  • Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO Post
    Building Collective Power February 15, 2024

    Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

    Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    How the Cost-of-Living Crisis Hurts Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

    The cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok in many ways, including forcing their households to cut...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Shouldering the Burden: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

    The qualitative data collected in this Policy Brief show how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok....

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  • Lourdes Gula, PATAMABA President Post
    Building Collective Power June 29, 2023

    Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce

    In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...

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  • Domestic worker Anna Nkobele, based in Johannesburg Post
    Collective Bargaining June 14, 2023

    African Domestic Workers Fighting for Rights and Reclaiming Power

    Society is still not valuing domestic workers more than a decade after the International Labour Organization adopted a convention extending...

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  • Resource Documents

    Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean

    This Resource Document examines the measures that 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries have taken towards implementing C189: Argentina,...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Documento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT

    Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference

    In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Não deixar ninguém para trás: Construir uma proteção do trabalho inclusiva num mundo do trabalho em evolução, 111.ª Sessão da CIT, 2023

    Damos as boas-vindas ao relatório de fundo da OIT (Organização Internacional do Trabalho), focado nas dimensões da proteção trabalhista,...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    111-я сессия МКТ, 2023 г. – Никого не оставляя позади: создание всеобъемлющей системы охраны труда в быстроменяющемся меняющемся мире

    Мы приветствуем справочный доклад МОТ, в котором основное внимание уделяется аспектам охраны труда, определенным формам занятости и определенным...

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