Africa

Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

Cinco trabajadoras en empleo informal comparten sus dificultades para acceder a los servicios de salud

Las personas pobres enfrentan grandes desafíos para acceder a los servicios de salud. Sin embargo, las trabajadoras y trabajadores en condiciones...

Domestic workers in Johannesburg: Hidden, vulnerable and essential

By Leslie VryenhoekDomestic workers represent a vast, hidden and essential workforce whose efforts inside private homes allow their employers...

Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy

WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Rethinking Street Traders as a Promising Agent of Re-Empowering Labour Movement in Contemporary South Africa

Conference paper highlighting the WCCA Campaign in South Africa. 7th Global Labour University Conference, ‘The Politics of Labour and Development’,28-30...

Globalization and the informalization of labour: the case of South Africa

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Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial Science and Medicine