“Around seven per cent of the total population living in the EU Member States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study …
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The ongoing struggle to protect Guinea’s domestic workers
“On reaching the home where she was hired as a domestic worker, on 30 May 2020, in the Sangoya district in the upper suburbs of the Guinean capital, Conakry, 20-year-old …
ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work
Here is the sixth edition of the ILO Monitor on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the world of work.
Purchasing Power: How the U.S. Government Can Use Federal Procurement to Uphold Human Rights
Purchasing Power: How the U.S. Government Can Use Federal Procurement to Uphold Human Rights makes a series of recommendations to reform federal procurement from four high-risk sectors to ensure the human …
Roadmap for Women’s Economic Empowerment with a Focus on Women in Informal Economy and in Agriculture
“Gender equality and women’s empowerment are intrinsic to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda). Its stand alone goal, “to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of …
THE CASE FOR TRANSPARENCY Using Data to Combat Human Trafficking Under Temporary Foreign Worker Visas
“Over the past several decades, millions of temporary foreign workers have come to the United States through nonimmigrant visa programs. Their importance and use in the United States economy is …
Labor Law Must Include All Workers
“In January of this year, we published a comprehensive set of recommendations for reforming U.S. labor law. Although the recommendations were extensive, the theory that lay behind them was straightforward: …
What Difference Does a Union Make? Banana Plantations in the North and South of Guatemala
Non-unionised workers earn less than half the hourly pay of unionised workers and work 12 hours per week more. Non-union workers are 81 percent more likely to face verbal abuse …
Unions in the Fair Work Act Decade – and the Aftermath of ‘Change the Rules’
“The decade in which the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) has been in operation has continued to present challenges for the Australian union movement. Despite high hopes that the 2009 legislation’s support …
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US-Africa trade relations: Why is AGOA better than a bilateral free trade agreement?
“In recent months, the U.S. began negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement with Kenya. These negotiations are aligned with the current administration’s vision for trade reciprocity rather than unilateral …