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SETU Africa Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 9

In this issue: A. News from SETU Africa · Ethiopia in India Exhibition for the first time at Dastkar Nature Bazaar (Basant 2015), New Delhi ·...

A jornada de Varshaben: de vendedora de verduras à Vídeo SEWA

Mulheres jovens possuem poucas oportunidades de romper com os papéis que tradicionalmente se espera que elas assumam em suas famílias e como...

VIDEO: Empowering Women at the Bottom of the Pyramid

At Harvard’s annual India Conference on February 6, 2016, Renana Jhabvala, National Coordinator of SEWA and chair of the WIEGO Board, was...

Act Concerning Manpower: Indonesian Labour Law, 2003

This Act on Manpower seeks to ensure the creation of equal opportunity and provision of manpower that suits the need of national development,...

An Ordinance Requiring the Registration of Hawkers in the City of Taguig, 2007

This Ordinance requires the registration of street vendors in the city of Taguig

Informal Workers in Bangkok, Thailand: Scan of Four Occupational Sectors

“Informal Workers in Bangkok: A Scan of Four Occupational Sectors” explores key issues facing street vendors, motorcycle taxi...

Homeless construction workers of Ahmedabad

Construction workers who build houses for others are forced to live in open along with their families in city of Ahmedabad, and indeed in...

VIDEO: Improving Wastepickers’ Lives in Bengaluru – Hasiru Dala Innovations

Bangalore was once known as a green city, but of recent times it has become known as a garbage city. Enter, Hasiru Dala Innovations, which...

SEWA Bharat and Street Vendors in Delhi

As a livelihood, street vending is a viscious trap of poverty, especially for women workers. It is indicative of low income, physical strain,...