India

Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...

Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi

Master plans across the Global South tend to reflect Eurocentric, modernist city visions that are disconnected from the lived reality of...

The Struggle for the Soul of Bhadra Chowk – A Heritage Plaza or Heritage Market? A Case Study from Ahmedabad, India

This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural...

SEWA Sangini Cooperative: Providing Child Care for Women Informal Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

The SEWA Sangini Cooperative provides child-care services for SEWA members – all women workers in informal employment – through 11 centres...

India’s Street Vendor Protection Act: Good on Paper But Is It Working?

India’s Street Vendor Protection Act was enacted after a long struggle and is widely lauded, yet a close look nearly a decade later shows...

दिल्ली, भारत में COVID-19 संकट और असंगठित क्षेत्र: चालू आर्थिक प्रभाव और असमान रिकवरी

International Women’s Day 2022

For International Women’s Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Delhi, India: Continued Economic Impact and Uneven Recovery

There are an estimated 4.92 million informal workers in Delhi, India, comprising over 80% of the city’s total workforce. This report...

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...