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...
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‘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...
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Innovative 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...
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The 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...
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Supporting 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...
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Winning 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...
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Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...
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Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed Countries
This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of organizational...
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The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers
This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the...
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