ABSTRACT
This chapter has explored examples of a variety of different attempts to build collective voice and action among workers in the informal economy in order to find out what elements of their organisational strategies have enabled a highly insecure group of workers to engage in collective action. It has also discussed what their actions tell us about a social protection agenda that addresses the needs of women in the informal economy. Domestic workers are among these doubly excluded groups of workers. The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) provides the main prototype for this genre of work. However, international campaigns have tended to organise their strategies around global value chains, focusing their attention on wage workers in the traded sectors of the global economy. Trade unions have historically played a key role in representing and advancing workers interests. There are efforts to address gender inequality in trade unions taking place in many parts of the world.
