A Space for
Worker Voice.
The Inclusive Labor Institute (ILI) is a worker-led resource hub dedicated to understanding the conditions and experiences of the essential workers who power the informal economy and the future of work.
We provide a space for worker-led organizations to collect and share knowledge, tell their stories, and collectively advocate for a more just and secure future for workers.
Knowledge on the conditions of work should come from workers ── and solutions must be defined by them.
Worker-Centered, Worker-Led
We believe that worker-led organizations are best positioned to understand the realities of informal labor. ILI provides a collaborative platform where these organizations can gather data, share evidence, and shape policy narratives.
Worker-focused institutions, researchers, and policymakers can engage with this platform to listen, learn, and co-develop solutions that are grounded in lived experience.
Rooted in the Informal Economy
Launched by the Global Fairness Initiative and a coalition of grassroots partners, ILI provides a collaborative space to protect labor rights and create dialogues that promote socio-economic progress, ensuring that communities of promise can become centers of prosperity. We are guided by an advisory committee of worker leaders and thought leaders in the issues that matter in the informal economy, to ensure that we are always listening and responsive to the priorities of workers.
of the informal workforce in some developing countries is made up of women.
Women and Informality
With cultural and social attitudes that relegate household and childcare duties to women, and that limit their education or mobility, informal work is often the only viable path to income. ILI places gender equity at the centre of every initiative.
Women's Economic EmpowermentOur Mission
To provide worker-led organizations and advocates with the tools, data, and community needed to enable knowledge and action for a just, equitable future of work(ers).
Our Vision
A future where all workers, especially women, have access to decent, formal employment so that communities of promise become centers of prosperity.
Our Values
These principles define how the Inclusive Labor Institute works and the culture we foster with partners worldwide.
Empowerment
Engaged, informed, and empowered workers are key to economic progress and prosperity in the future of work.
Transparency
When workers have access to data and knowledge, social and labor policies evolve and livelihoods thrive.
Collaboration
Robust engagement between public, private, and worker stakeholders is a central catalyst for change.
Inclusion
A diversity of voices is essential to meaningful social protections and economic progress in the future of work.