Are Labour Rights Human Rights?

Mantouvalou, Virginia

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“…According to Mantouvalou (2012), the issue of labour rights has attracted much interest in recent years among lawyers, academic scholars, and other activists of human rights. She emphasised that, in human rights law, some support the character of labour rights as human rights without any hesitation while others view it with some suspicion.…”

Section: Rightsmentioning

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Information needs of local domestic workers in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Mansour

2015

The Electronic Library

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm: 463575 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The main purpose of this study is to provide first-hand information regarding domestic labour/labourers in Egypt. The research investigates the information rights and needs of the vulnerable and marginalized groups of domestic workers in Egypt in terms of their thoughts, perceptions, attitudes, motivations, techniques, preferences, ways, tools, and problems they encounter using and accessing information. The study documents the many different characteristics of local domestic workers in Egypt that affect their use of and access to information.Design/methodology/approach -The methodology used here was an adaptive form of snowball sampling of a heterogeneous demographic group of participants in local domestic work in Egypt, used to select focus groups to explore a range of relevant issues.Findings -Demographically, this study showed that local domestic labour in Egypt, to a great extent, is occupied and performed by women and children, and the average age of the total interviewed participants was around 31 years. Over half of the participants were uneducated, followed by nearly a quarter who had no formal education, and then a small number had some primary education. This study concluded that a large number of participants were described as illiterate and non-skilled labourers. Participants' income proved that it was one of barriers to use of and access to information where a large number of participants were labelled as low-income workers. The information seeking behaviour profile of participants indicated a preference for verbal over written, informal over formal, and undocumented over documented information channels and sources in order to solve problems relating to their daily existence, using some helping tools and devices, especially cell phones. The most popular information sources mentioned and followed by participants were verbal information with friends, peers, and colleagues in neighbouring households either via telephones, especially cell phones, or face-toface meetings. TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines, respectively, were the most formal ...

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Section: Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information needs of local domestic workers in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Mansour

2015

The Electronic Library

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“…Eyben (, p. 6), for example, argues that instrumentalist approaches may “crowd out more socially transformative meanings about rights and collective action”. Mantouvalou (, p. 25) maintains that seeing workers’ rights as human rights is important because it draws them into a moral universe and renders them “immune from arguments of economic efficiency”. She argues that this is important because it keeps the idea of entitlements alive even if the state or employers do not adopt the perspective of seeing social protection as an investment for economic growth.…”

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Approaches to social protection for informal workers: Aligning productivist and human rights‐based approaches

Alfers

Lund²,

Moussié³

2017

Int Social Security Review

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There has been increasing recognition of the growth of informal employment in the global South and North. Most informal work is precarious and low paid, with workers having little or no access to social protection. It is sometimes suggested that an approach that moves away from productivism – the idea of work as a pathway to access social protection – and towards a universal human rights‐based approach is important. However, this article argues that a large and growing informal economy does not provide justification for abandoning certain key productivist ideas. Key ideas that should not be abandoned include the focus that this approach has on establishing a link between workers and capital and the importance of social services within a social protection discourse that is presently dominated by cash grants. Also important, productivist ideas emphasize the economic contributions of informal workers as a means by which to complement a human rights‐based argument for the extension of workplace protection to all workers, regardless of employment status. Overall, the hard binary that is sometimes drawn between human rights‐based approaches and productivist (or “instrumentalist”) arguments may not always be as definitively delineated as some might suggest.

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“…Thus, from a liberal perspective, "all human beings should be accorded certain fundamental rights by virtue of their humanity" (Collins, 2011, p. 140). There have been extensive discussions and ongoing debates amongst academics, legal practitioners, NGOs, and policy makers about whether labour rights could count as human rights (Adams, 2001a;Collins, 2011;Ewing, 1998;Fudge, 2007;International Labour Organisation (ILO), 1998a, b;Mantouvalou, 2012;Palmer, 2000). Although the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that sets international labour standards predates human rights treaties (Mantouvalou, 2012), given that labour rights are intrinsically part of economic rights, and economic rights falls within the ambit of human rights, it makes sense to…”

Section: Domestic Workers Labour Rights As Human Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viewing domestic workers problems through a human rights lens

Salih

2015

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern and attitude of the UK government towards international frameworks that promotes humane treatment of domestic workers and the respect of their human rights. This paper also examines the UK government continued refusal to adopt ILO Convention 189 that consolidates the framework for regulating domestic work. Design/methodology/approach – Using the concept of human rights, this paper conducts an extensive literature review on domestic workers; migrants in particular. Findings – This paper concludes that the best way to deal with the problems faced by domestic workers in the UK is the inclusion of them in all aspects of employment and health and safety protection, the regulation of domestic work, and a review of the domestic workers visas. Research limitations/implications – The Home Office has commissioned a panel to look into the effect of the current domestic workers visa on the vulnerability of the workers. The panel’s report is yet to be released as at the time of drafting this viewpoint. Practical implications – This paper contains useful informational for policy makers, NGOs, and academics. Social implications – This papers is a useful tool for a symposium, seminar, or conference. Originality/value – This paper contains original work of the author; except where copyright is acknowledged.

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Are Labour Rights Human Rights?

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Information needs of local domestic workers in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Information needs of local domestic workers in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Approaches to social protection for informal workers: Aligning productivist and human rights‐based approaches

Viewing domestic workers problems through a human rights lens

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