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Work Improvement for Safe Home 2 WISH Programme Copyright © International Labour Organization 2006 Publications of the International Labour Offi ce enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated. For rights of reproduction or translation, application should be made to the ILO Publications (Rights and Permissions), International Labour Offi ce, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland, or by email: pubdroit@ilo.org. Th e International Labour Offi ce welcomes such applications. Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Sara Arphorn, Yuka Ujita Work Improvement for Safe Home: Action Manual for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions of Homeworkers Bangkok, International Labour Offi ce, 2006 92-2-119080-3 & 978-92-2-119080-6 (print) 92-2-119081-1 & 978-92-2-119081-3 (web pdf) Also available in Khmer: Work Improvement for Safe Home: Action Manual for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions of Homeworkers, 92-2-819080-9 & 978-92-2-819080-9 (print) and 92-2-819081-7 & 978-92-2-819081-6 (web pdf), Phnom Penh, 2006 And in Mongolian: Work Improvement for Safe Home: Action Manual for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions of Homeworkers, 92-2-819259-3 & 978-92-2-819259-9 (print) and 92-2-819260-7 & 978-92-2-819260-5 (web pdf), Ulaanbaatar, 2006. Th e designations employed in ILO publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Labour Offi ce concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. Th e responsibility for opinions expressed in signed articles, studies and other contributions rests solely with their authors, and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the International Labour Offi ce of the opinions expressed in them. Reference to names of fi rms and commercial products and processes does not imply their endorsement by the International Labour Offi ce, and any failure to mention a particular fi rm, commercial product or process is not a sign of disapproval. ILO publications can be obtained through major booksellers or ILO local offi ces in many countries, or direct from ILO Publications, International Labour Offi ce, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. Catalogues or lists of new publications are available free of charge from the above address, or by email: pubvente@ilo.org Visit our website: www.ilo.org/publns Th is publication can be obtained at the following address: International Labour Organization, Subregional Offi ce for East Asia United Nations Building Rajdamnern Nok Avenue Bangkok 10200, Th ailand Email SRO-BKK@ilo.org Th is publication is also available online at the ILO Informal Economy Resource Database: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/infoecon/iebrowse.home Printed in Th ailand
PREFACE Improving work conditions among home workers in the informal economy is an important component of the ILO agenda to extend decent work to all workers. In many countries, people get their job and income opportunities from a range of home manufacturing operation such as clothes, shoes, furniture, handcrafts, or foods. Although machines, chemicals and other production materials are brought into home workplaces, home workers have very little access to safety and health protection. Practical safety and health improvement measures that can work in the real situation of home workers are acutely needed. Th e WISH (Work Improvement for Safe Home) action manual responds to this immediate need of home workers and provides them with practical, easy-to-implement ideas to improve their safety, health and working conditions. Th ese improvements will also contribute to higher productivity and effi ciency of their work and promote active participation and cooperation of home workers in the same workplace or in the same community. Th e manual refl ects the practical experiences in the home worker training in Cambodia, Mongolia, and Th ailand carried out within the framework of the ILO’s Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment Project with the fi nancial support from the Government of the United Kingdom. Th e participating home workers have implemented many lowcost improvements for safety, health and productivity by using available local resources. Existing participatory, action-oriented training manuals and programmes for safety, health and working conditions have given signifi cant insights into the development of the WISH manual. Two ILO publications, Higher Productivity and Better Place to Work, known as the WISE (Work Improvement in Small Enterprises) manual, and Ergonomic Checkpoints provided an important technical base. Th e WIND (Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development) manual for farmers developed by the Centre for Occupational Health and Environment, Cantho, Vietnam, and the Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan, and the POSITIVE (Participation-Oriented Safety Improvements by Trade Union Initiative) manual developed by Japan International Labour Foundation showed us practical ways to design training programmes to meet the immediate needs of local people. Work Improvement for Safe Home 3 WISH Programme
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