Martha Alter Chen

Biographic Data

ID4007507
NAMEMartha Alter Chen
GIVEN NAMESMartha Alter
FAMILY NAMEChen
SIGNATURECHEN M A
AFFILIATIONSWIEGO (Femmes dans l'emploi informel: globalisation et organisation)/Université Harvard
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS63
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX4

  • Covid‐19 et travail informel

    Open AccessMartha Alter Chen, Erofili Grapsa et al.ARTICLERevue internationale du Travail2022

    Les auteurs présentent les conclusions d'une étude dirigée par le réseau Femmes dans l'emploi informel: globalisation et organisation (WIEGO) sur les effets de la crise du COVID‐19 sur les travailleurs informels. L'analyse porte sur quatre professions et onze grandes villes de cinq régions. Il y est question du travail et des revenus, de l'accès à l'alimentation et de la faim, des responsabilités familiales et domestiques, ainsi que des stratégie…

  • Routledge handbook of the contemporary Philippines

    Martha Alter Chen, Françoise J Carré et al.BOOKRoutledge Handbook of the…2018Cited by: 5References: 113

    This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers will find this book an invaluable guide to the significance of the informal economy

  • Informal Workers in the Developing World

    Open AccessMartha Alter ChenARTICLENew Labor Forum2013

  • Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work

    Martha Alter ChenARTICLECanadian Journal of Women and the…2011Cited by: 14References: 1

    Le présent article examine, sous l'angle du concept, de la mesure et de la règlementation, les défis associés à la promotion du travail décent pour les travailleuses domestiques. Après une brève présentation de la réalité du travail domestique qui résume les récentes estimations de son importance et de ses caractéristiques, l'article traite de certains défis conceptuels que pose la promotion du travail décent pour les travailleuses domestiques, y…

  • Membership Based Organizations of the Poor

    MARTHA CHEN, Martha Alter Chen et al.BOOKMembership Based Organizations Of…2007

  • The 15th Annual Conference on Feminist Economics

    Open AccessShrayana Bhattacharya, Martha Alter Chen et al.ARTICLEGender Technology and Development2007

  • Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction

    Martha Alter ChenBOOKMainstreaming informal employment…2004

  • Women and Informality

    Martha Alter ChenARTICLESAIS Review2001

    SAIS Review - Volume 21, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2001

  • Globalization and Home-Based Workers

    Marilyn Carr, Martha Alter Chen et al.ARTICLEFeminist Economics2000Cited by: 36References: 2

    Globalization presents threats to and opportunities for women working in the informal sector. The paper, which draws on the work of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Global Markets Program and of HomeNet, focuses on women home-based workers and analyzes, within the framework of global value-chains, the impact of globalization on labor relations and other market transactions. The chains reviewed are: manufactured goo…

  • Listening to widows in rural India

    Martha Alter ChenARTICLEWomen a Cultural Review1997Cited by: 3References: 1

    (1997). Listening to widows in rural India. Women: A Cultural Review: Vol. 8, Independent India, pp. 311-318

  • Engendering world conferences

    Martha Alter ChenARTICLEThird World Quarterly1995Cited by: 5

    This article gives a brief history of how women's groups internationally have shaped UN and World Conferences for Women, the changes in the relationship between women's nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and the UN over time, and effective strategies for putting the women's agenda on international agendas. The article focuses on three recent UN conferences: the Rio conference on the environment, the Vienna conference on human rights, and the Ca…