The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil
With almost 7.2 million domestic workers, Brazil has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189, covering decent work for those carrying out domestic tasks in the home.
Labour laws
The gender gap in the electronics factories: women exposed to chemicals and lower pay
Lek (a fictitious name to protect the worker) has spent 25 years checking that all the microchips that leave the factory she works in meet […]
Palestine: 50 years of occupation, 50 years of labour struggle
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Sex worker by trade: how far do human rights go?
“The domestic workers managed to do it.” This is the slogan behind the sex workers’ campaign for an International Labour Organization (ILO) resolution establishing the […]
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