This study shows how in 2007 One World Action's partner, the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India protected the rights of street vendors in Delhi through lobbying successfully and taking a case to the Supreme Court for a permanent market space for women vendors.
This briefing is a summary of research in India into the role of “Dais” or midwives. The aim of the research was to investigate whether Dais’ expanded role as community health workers has improved their employment status and income and contributed to lowering maternal and infant mortality.
The research was carried out from June to August 2006 by the SEWA’s Academy Research Unit for SOLIDAR’s Jobs Jobs Jobs Project. The study involved interviews with 75 midwives working in villages in Ahmedabad district in Gujarat (western India).
In 2007, as part of SOLIDAR's Decent Work for Development Campaign, One World Action and the Cambodian Free Trade Union undertook research on the Cambodian garments industry. The study asks if the development of the garments industry has led to the creation of decent work.
In November 2007, representatives of the FTU visited London to receive One World Action's Sir Sigmund Sternberg Award for their outstanding contribution to human rights.
Towards a new agenda in African microfinance
Microfinance programmes targeting women have been promoted since the mid-1990s as a key strategy for simultaneously addressing poverty reduction and women's empowerment. This Report questions the adequacy of the particular models of microfinance being promoted and the underlying assumptions about the nature of development on which they are based.
Linda Mayoux, 2002
