Malaz Foundation for Women’s Support has issued a new policy paper entitled “Precarious Work among Women in the Industrial and Agricultural Sectors: Protection Gaps and Risks of Exploitation.” The paper examines the conditions of women workers engaged in temporary, daily, and seasonal forms of employment, as well as women working through contractors and intermediaries and across supply chains. It puts forward a new vision for restructuring the protection system so that the continuity of rights does not depend on the stability of the employment relationship.

The paper starts from the premise that precarious work is not inherently a problem. Rather, its risks emerge when instability in employment becomes instability in rights and protection. Irregular income, unclear contractual relationships, multiple employment intermediaries, difficulties in accessing workplaces, and fear of losing one’s source of income when asserting workplace rights may leave women workers more exposed to risks and less able to access complaint and remedy mechanisms.

Link: https://dub.sh/SBOcuXG