Unlocking Strength and Resilience: The Self Employed Women’s Association’s COVID-19 Strategies in Delhi
The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) has over 2.5 million members across 18 states in India. SEWA organizes women workers to achieve...
Read More‘Whose Law? Our Law!’: Critical Reflections on Legalization, Social Dialogue and Street Vendors’ Organizing in São Paulo
Key Points
The institutionalization of social dialogue is an important step towards more just regulation of informal vending, but alone it...
Read MoreInnovative Legislation in Australia Protects Homeworkers in the Garment and Footwear Sector
Key Points
Outworkers in Australia’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry are known to be particularly vulnerable to exploitation...
Read MoreThe Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan
This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...
Read MoreSupporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned
This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It...
Read MoreWinning a Right to the Sidewalks: Street Vendors in New York
This Brief seeks to identify and examine certain factors that led to the proposal to reform New York’s street vending legislation that...
Read MoreOrganising Street Vendors: “Gente de Confiar” Radio Progamme, Lima, Peru
An authentically democratic community requires open channels of communication between citizens. Street markets offer a natural setting for...
Read MoreStreet Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru
Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...
Read MoreMapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique
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