Securing human dignity : the need to extend labour protection and security to Afghanistan’s informal workers / Rebecca Wright ; researchers Rohullah, Jamila Poya.
Wright, Rebecca.
Rohullah.
Poya, Jamila.
[Kabul] : Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC), 2010.
iv, 48 p : col. ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Afghanistan – Social conditions.
Afghanistan – Economic conditions.
Economic development – Afghanistan.
Reconstruction – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Economic policy.
Rural development – Afghanistan.
Nation-building – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Social life and customs.
Afghanistan – Civilization.
Labor market – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Economic conditions.
Economic development – Afghanistan.
Reconstruction – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Economic policy.
Rural development – Afghanistan.
Nation-building – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Social life and customs.
Afghanistan – Civilization.
Labor market – Afghanistan.
Pamphlet HN 670.6 .A8 .W75 /2010
26058
April 2010.
“Includes bibliography”—(47-48).
Summary: “The majority of workers in Afghanistan earn a livelihood in conditions that violate the most basic standards of dignity, safety and health. These workers operate in Afghanistan’s informal economy, which constitutes 80-90 percent of the country’s economic activity. By falling to provide protection to these informal workers, the government of Afghanistan is failing to safeguard the basic constitutional rights of the vast majority of its citizens…”—(p. 3).