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  • Statistical Briefs

    Domestic Workers in the World: A Statistical Profile

    Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers and 76 per cent are women. This Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO,...

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    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 26, 2022

    The Pandemic is Not Over

    The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    Social Movement Lawyering: A Reflection on the Nature of Law and Lawyering Through the Lens of Informal Workers

    Applying insights from critical legal studies, this issue of Law and Informality Insights explores how informal workers use the law to resolve...

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  • Norma Palacios Worker Story

    Norma Palacios, a domestic worker leader in Mexico City

    Norma Palacios is one of the co-founders and leaders of SINACTRAHO, a domestic workers’ union in Mexico that seeks to raise awareness of...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances....

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Nagaland

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Nagaland, as well as highlight key policy...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Kerala State

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in India’s Kerala State, where the minimum...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers and Social Protection in Bihar State

    This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Bihar State. Bihar included domestic workers...

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  • Woman sawing from home (Tailoring) during COVIS-19 pandemic Policy/Position Documents

    Position Paper on Inequalities and the World of Work, prepared for the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference

    Despite a pre-pandemic modest decrease in the number of people living in extreme poverty, the number of extremely poor increased by about...

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  • Project

    Empowering Domestic Workers: Community Paralegals Project

    Community paralegals –who are members of a community or group trained in the law to assist their fellow community or group members with legal...

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