African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could overcome some of the challenges they are facing and improve their livelihoods.
WIEGO se réjouit des grands changements apportés à la Classification internationale d’après la situation dans la profession (CISP). Et nous sommes fières d’avoir contribué à l’établissement de nouvelles catégories qui, à terme, pourraient mener à de meilleures politiques nationales au profit des travailleurs et travailleuses du secteur informel.
Changes to the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE) were made in October 2018. WIEGO was proud to have played an important role in establishing new categories that, ultimately, could lead to better national policies that benefit informal workers.
This week, we sit down with WIEGO’s new Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, to learn more about her background and research interests, as well as where she sees opportunities to better involve informal workers in the future of cities.
The theme of World Habitat Day 2018 is municipal solid waste management and creating “waste wise cities.” In this article, WIEGO’s Waste Sector Specialist argues that a “wise” approach to waste management must take into account the role played by informal waste pickers and pursue a livelihoods-centred approach to dump upgrading or closure.
After relentless evictions against their livelihoods, on 4th September 2018, Bangkok street vendors marched on the government house to demand a halt to these actions. The march was led by a new, city-wide street vendor organization that has recently expanded in numbers, allies, and voice, and is calling on the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority to negotiate a way forward.
