Africa

For Cities to Make Progress on SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, They Must Listen to Grassroots’ Solutions

Through a series of ambitious global commitments in recent years, governments across the world have signed on to build a more equitable and...

Five Must-reads on Including Street Vendors in Public Spaces

Street vendors are facing unprecedented challenges in cities across the globe, despite global development goals calling for more economically...

Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real

• May 24, 2019 - May 26, 2019
• Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF) affiliates from across Africa gathered in May at this workshop, aimed at strengthening worker...

Q&A: Feeding cities: Informal retailers play crucial role in urban food security

Supermarkets have spread rapidly across the Global South, but what implications does this growth have on informal food retailers and the...

Alimentar a las ciudades: el comercio informal juega un papel crucial en la seguridad alimentaria de las ciudades

En el Sur Global, los supermercados han proliferado con rapidez, pero ¿qué implicaciones conlleva esta expansión para los vendedores informales...

Where are the inclusive cities? Street vendors globally face increasing hostility

The WIEGO Urban Policies Team analyzed news articles on street vendors from six continents over the past 18 months to gain a better understanding...

61% of the world’s workers still fighting for 8-hour day

133 years after the Chicago working-time strike that gave rise to May Day, 2-billion workers continue to fall outside regulations for working...

¿Dónde están las ciudades inclusivas? Vendedores y vendedoras ambulantes en todo el mundo se enfrentan a hostilidades crecientes

El equipo de Políticas Urbanas de WIEGO analizó en los últimos 18 meses nuevos artículos sobre venta ambulante en seis países para comprender...

Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...

Invisibilité à Dakar : les travailleuses de l’économie informelle s’affirment contre

À Dakar, au Sénégal, les femmes font face, hier et aujourd’hui, à des inégalités économiques et sociales — de l’analphabétisme à la pauvreté,...