India

Are We Counting What Counts?

Blog post by Renu Singh of Young Lives about the UN HLP Consultation held at SEWA in August 2016. 

Domestic Workers Welfare and Social Security Act 2010

This Act seeks to provide for the portection of the welfare of domestic workers in India to protect them from exploitation.

Municipal and Police Laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad

This document outlines street vendor laws for Patna, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad

Ep 3: Domestic Workers in the city

“Domestic Workers in the city” is the third episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally...

Organising the Unorganised: A Case Study of the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers)

WIEGO.

Graduation Speech at Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA and a founding member of WIEGO, was the speaker at the graduation for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She...

SEWA Newsletter No. 43

Contents:           Crux from the speech given by Ilaben Bhat at Georgetown University USA     Land Acquisition Problems of Urban Poor    ...

Case Study: Mrs Fatimah Yiha ( Hijab Embroidery)

Footpath Ki Aawaz, January 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue:Street Food Fest concludesStreet Vendors...

Footpath Ki Aawaz, December 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).In this issue:Street Food FestivalStreet Vendor NewsSocial...