Home-Based Workers

Commemorating Twenty years of the ILO Home Work Convention 177 (1996-2016)

The ILO Convention 177 on Homework (C177) was adopted at the International Labour Conference (ILC) on 20 June 1996. Organized homeworkers...

Campaigns at Work: A guide to campaigning for homeworker organizations, unions, campaign groups and activists

This guide was published by HomeWorkers Worldwide. The aim of this manual is to provide guidelines, ideas and processes to assist you to...

Labor Conditions and Rights of Men and Women Workers in Informal Employment

Labor Conditions and Rights of Men and Women Workers in Informal Employment (Peru)

The ILO Home Work Convention – Ten Years Later (Dan Gallin speech)

Speech given at Women Work and Poverty: SEWA/UNIFEM Policy Conference on Home Based Workers of South Asia. January 18 – 20, 2007, New Delhi,...

Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO avril 2012

Size and Significance of the Informal Economy

In many cities in developing countries, informal employment accounts for the majority of employment. Data analysis suggests that informal...

WIEGO Brochure (español)

Work Improvement for Safe Home (WISH): Action Manual for Improving Safety, Health, and Working Conditions of Homeworkers

Bangkok: International Labour Office

Case Study: Mrs Wimala Saeng-kaew (organza embroidery)

Declaración de Trabajadores a Domicilio 2015

Nosotros, los miembros de 60 redes, asociaciones y sindicatos de trabajadoras y trabajadores a domicilio, junto con organizaciones no gubernamentales...