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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (Long Version)

    International networks of workers in the informal economy1 and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    110 -я сессия МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики

    Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики1 и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), Prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference

    International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity economy...

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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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  • Resource Documents

    Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

    Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

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  • Workstation of a home-based worker in Ahmedabad, India Worker Story

    Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

    Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based...

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Pleven, Bulgaria: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

    Pleven, Bulgaria, has a large informal worker population due in part to its large garment manufacturing sector. This report presents the...

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