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Mega Events & the Urban Working Poor

James Duminy, assisted by Thembi Luckett, South Africa-based researchers, have completed an annotated bibliography from the perspective of the working poor that brings together and assesses the substantial literature on mega events: Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

WIEGO Team

Programme  Team

 See biographies of WIEGO Team members.

Marty Chen
International Coordinator

Chris Bonner
Director, Organization & Representation

Joann Vanek
Director, Statistics

WIEGO Institutional Members

Trade unions, cooperatives, and associations of informal workers that have been active in WIEGO are invited to become Institutional Members. As of January 2012, the following membership-based organizations of informal workers were Institutional Members of WIEGO.

International

International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF) - profile

StreetNet International - profile

WIEGO Team Bios

Olga Abizaid

Olga is based out of Ottawa and is on WIEGO's Communications Team. She oversees all translation work, including English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Laura Alfers, WIEGO ResearcherLaura Alfers

WIEGO Board of Directors

Bios

Current Board of Directors

 

Renana Jhabvala, WIEGO Board MemberRenana Jhabvala

Special Initiatives

National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI)

Beginning as a Network in 1998, The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) was registered in 2003 under the Societies registration Act of 1860. It brings together street vendor organizations under a single platform to collectively struggle for macro-level changes that are crucial for the livelihood of around 10 million vendors who are threatened by outdated laws and changing policies, practices and the attitudes of those in power.

WIEGO Individual Members

Individual Members of WIEGO are drawn from two of WIEGO’s three constituencies: researchers, statisticians or academics who study the informal economy; and professionals in development agencies who work on issues related to the informal economy. The third constituency is membership-based organizations of informal workers – trade unions
cooperatives, or associations of various kinds – or trade unions that organize informal workers: such organizations are invited to become Institutional Members of WIEGO.

StreetNet International Press Releases

StreetNet International

StreetNet International
Media Release:
International Workers’ Day, 1st May 2012

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