Work Fair and Free is a knowledge institution aimed at securing and dignifying migrant labour through grounded and rigorous research and policy work
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In collaboration with Azim Premji University’s Data, Democracy and Development track (@rajendran_naray), we are conducting the first large-scale survey of workers' living and economic conditions in Bangalore’s Bommasandra-Jigani Industrial Area. (1/2)
The survey covered 800 migrant workers living and labouring across 500 industrial units of the area.
Here’s what our student surveyors had to say after 8 days of fieldwork.
Photographer: Aadithya S. (Cover slide and Slide 2)
#urbanresearch #migrantworkers #labourconditions
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Balaji Parthasarathy was invited to deliver a talk on Technology, Emerging forms of Work, and Social Protection at the workshop on Migration, Informality and Development. The workshop was organised by Work Fair and Free Foundation and Aajeevika Bureau, and hosted by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bangalore, for doctoral students and activists from across the country.
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@ISECBengaluru @KalitaRaktima @TowardsFairWork @janasrin @vsridhartelecom @citappsays @SSadagopan
#IIITB #IIITBangalore #InvitedTalk
📢 Join Us at the NIAS Dissemination Workshop
@div_varma, Co-Founder of Work Fair and Free Foundation, will be speaking during a panel discussion on the Policy Regime for Internal Migrant Workers in India.
🗓 Date: Thursday, 16 January 2025
⏰ Time: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
📍 Venue: NIAS Lecture Hall, Bengaluru
📩 RSVP here: shorturl.at/XWtW0
The National Institute of Advanced Studies is hosting a workshop in Bengaluru on 16 January 2025, focusing on Migration, Urbanization, and Food Security in the Global South: Evidence from Urban India.
🌟 Workshop Alert! 🌟
Migration, Informality & Development
📅 3–7 March 2025 📍 ISEC, Bengaluru
🗓 Apply by: 26 Jan 2025
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/cgE7H
PhD scholars, researchers & development practitioners, join this unique learning workshop!
The workshop provides a unique platform to explore the multifaceted issues of labour migration in India.
📄 More Details: workfairandfree.org/certific…
#Migration #Development #Workshop (2/2)
Attend our panel on Migration, Gender and Shifting Worker Vulnerabilities at the 65th Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference.
📅 When: 10 January 2025, 9.00 - 11.00 am - Day 2 | Parallel Panel 3
📍 Where: Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
#informalworkers | India's economic liberalisation spurred massive growth in its manufacturing sector, but this expansion has coincided with a concerning trend: the rise of informal employment. A staggering 92% of the 61 million jobs created since 1991 exist outside the (1/5)
economic model. Research by Divya Varma of Work Fair and Free and Kavya Bharadkar delves deeper into this issue, examining its causes and consequences. Their work underscores the urgent need for policy interventions to promote formalisation and ensure decent work for all. (4/5)
Learn more here: workfairandfree.org/wp-conte…
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Join Us for a Seminar on Digital Entrepreneurship for Rural Women!
@workfairandfree invites you to a seminar organized by @TCS Empowers, titled "Future Forward: Digital Entrepreneurship for Rural Women."
Date: 26 November
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM (1/4)
women across the country. Dr. Tara Nair, Director-Research at Work Fair and Free, will join an esteemed panel featuring representatives from @unwomenindia, the Ministry of Rural Development, the @GrameenFdn, and @TCS Empowers. Together, they will discuss
how technology can shape a more inclusive and equitable future for women. Join the talk here: on.tcs.com/de-future-forward
#ruralwomen #digitalempowerment #technology #entrepreneurship
@AajeevikaBureau, @workfairandfree, and the @BritSafe collaborated to deliver a comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training workshop in Mumbai on 18 November. We covered key topics like occupational hazard and risks identification,
worker and employer rights, and workplace safety. Work Fair and Free formalised its OSH knowledge partnership with the British Safety Council (BSC) through an MoU. This collaboration will enable customised training modules for diverse informal work settings, with plans to (2/3
@workfairandfree is delighted to invite you to our next seminar by Prof. Kalpana Karunakaran as part of our lecture series.
Join us on 18 November for an insightful session on “Workers’ Struggles and Campaigns in the Informal Sector: Refusing Simple Binaries”. (1/2)
The seminar is on Monday, 18 November 2024, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Use the Zoom meeting ID and passcode on the poster or the link provided here to join this exciting session! (2/2)
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