All Research on Labour and Gender

[Bangladesh] Decent Work and Labour Rights for Working Women in Bangladesh

2016-03-24

Research Report by Labour at Infomal Economy, Bangladesh

This action research was conducted between 2014 and 2015 to examine the working and living conditions of a broad spectrum of women workers in Bangladesh, and to make recommendations as to how their conditions can be improved through capacity building, organising and advocacy, while taking into consideration their specific concerns. In addition to garment workers, informal workers such as waste pickers, street vendors, domestic workers and tea plantation workers were included.

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[Philippines] Multi-dimensional Vulnerabilities of Women Workers in the Informal Sector

2016-03-14

This action research conducted by EILER examines how women in the informal sector in two urban communities in Manila make the most of available resources in order to rise above their seemingly disadvantaged situation within the economy.

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[Cambodia] Research on Promoting Leadership and Strengthening Rights for Women Workers

2016-02-29

by Cambodia Labour Conferedation (CLC) - Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Union (C.CAWDU)

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[India] Living on the Margins: A Study of Domestic Workers in Chennai

2016-02-26

by the Centre for Workers' Management

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[Philippines] A model for dynamic collective bargaining provisions for women workers

2016-01-07

Philippines, 2015 - Labor Education and Research Network (LEARN)

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Occasional Paper: Making Working Poor Women Visible in Economic Reality

2013-11-04

2013, AMRC

In the Southeast Asian region, working poor women account for 30 percent of vulnerable and unpaid family workers. The traditional values in society have put women of the lower economic strata namely the working-poor in a vulnerable position, where they are stigmatized for lacking skills and capacity.