The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a major, longitudinal study of the urban informal economy being undertaken initially at two points in time, 2012 and 2016, in 10 cities around the world: Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Belo
WIEGO | A Common Thread: Issues for Women Workers in the Garment Sector
This issues paper focuses on the garment industry, one of three sectors being addressed in WIEGO’s global markets program, which seeks to explain how current changes in global production and distribution systems affect women. The paper will be followed by
WIEGO | Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a major, longitudinal study of the urban informal economy being undertaken initially at two points in time, 2012 and 2016, in 10 cities around the world: Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Belo
WIEGO | Winning Legal Rights for Thailand’s’ Homeworkers
HomeNet Thailand, with support from WIEGO and other partners, campaigned for more than a decade to win legislative protection for homeworkers. Both the Homeworkers Protection Act B.E.2553 and a social protection policy came into force in May 2011. The law
Working in Fear: Sexual Violence Against Women Farmworkers in the United States
Research on sexual violence amongst female farmworkers is sparse, regardless of extremely high rates of sexual violence they face in work. This report draws on the undocumented workers who make up a majority of the farmworkers, as well as the
Working Without Fear
This report serves to elaborate how the effects of stalking do impact the workplace. Targeting both employees and employers, the document provides way to address and approach situations of stalking.
World of Work
Covering issues in Madagascar to Canada, the ILO magazine provides information on gender-based violence on a global level.