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Law shapes relations in public space, through a written and unwritten ‘script’ that tries to impose order, flow, and predictability in the way things run. Workers in informal employment come up against this script daily. Understanding how they navigate it is critical, if we are to support them...
This brief documents how street vendors in Zimbabwe, who are not recognized as workers by labour laws (and therefore do not enjoy collective bargaining rights), nevertheless pursue collective relations with the local authorities that control their workplace – public space – and determine their terms...
African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could overcome some of the challenges they are facing and improve their livelihoods.
Date: August 5, 2024 Time: 18:00 South African Standard Time Language: English only Register to attend The Wits School of Law and WIEGO invite you to the launch of the edited volume, Mapping Legalities: Urbanisation, Law and Informal Work , edited by Dr. Thomas Coggin and Dr. Roopa Madhav. Covering...
By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers and vendors in NYC are demonstrating an alternative to the status quo model of city-making that favours a few elite interests to the detriment of the majority...
If governments cannot create jobs, yet criminalize citizens who create their own jobs, they risk social instability. Yet governments routinely refuse to engage with informal vendors to discuss an enabling legal framework to regulate their use of public space. Instead, governments see vendors and...
This booklet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Accra, Ghana. It draws on exploratory research conducted with kayayei (headporters), market traders, street vendors, and waste pickers. Data was collected by WIEGO in 6 focus groups with 31 workers: 10...
This leaflet shows how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand. It draws on exploratory research conducted between June and October 2023 with street vendors who sell food in Bang Khun Tian District, Rat Burana District, Ratchathewi District, the Silom area in Bang...
ข้อมูลจากงานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ในรายงานสรุปและข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบาย แสดงให้เห็นถึงผลกระทบของวิกฤตค่าครองชีพที่มีต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร โดยมีผลการศึกษาที่สำคัญดังนี้ : ปัญหาในการประกอบอาชีพ: ภาวะเงินเฟ้อที่พุ่งสูงขึ้น ส่งผลต่อค่าครองชีพและรายได้ของแรงงาน...
วิกฤติค่าครองชีพส่งผลกระทบต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพหลายๆด้าน หนึ่งในนั้นคือ การที่แรงงานต้องลดการบริโภคในครัวเรือนลง แผ่นพับฉบับนี้เป็นข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายและแนวปฏิบัติ ที่จะช่วยส่งเสริมการประกอบอาชีพ ขยายและเสริมสร้างหลักประกันสังคม ให้แรงงานทุกคนสามารถเข้าถึงพื้นที่สาธารณะได้อย่างเท่าเทียม...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.