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The Discussion Paper opens with a brief overview of academic discourse and policy debates on public space. Section II presents recent statistical data and research findings on the size and composition of the urban informal workforce. Section III details the exclusionary practices of many cities...
Mexico City, Mexico "Dialogues on Public Space: Informal Work and Mobility" took place on June 13, 2018, in Mexico City. The objective of the event was to create a space for dialogue and discussion between informal workers who perform their activities in the public space and activists of groups of...
Paris, France Photo by: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage Organized by the French Development Agency (AFD), the Women Employment in Latin America workshop took place on May 31st in Paris, France. The event was followed by the conference “The Sustainable City in Europe, Latin America and the...
This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary cities pose to informal livelihoods. This is the fourth paper in WRI’s flagship World Resources Report, “Towards a More Equal City.” Through a focus on home...
University Town, Penn State University, USA The Symposium “Labor Informality in Comparative Perspective: Toward a More Just Future for Workers to be hosted by the Center for Global Workers’ Rights” took place on April 19th and 20th at the Penn State University, United States. WIEGO’s waste...
Mexico City, Mexico A workshop with informal workers took place from March 19th to 22nd 2018, in Mexico City. One of the event's main objectives was to create a common platform with informal workers' demands and proposals to put forward to candidates running for head of Mexico City’s government in...
Bangkok, Thailand On February 15, 2018, two representatives from the New York Street Vendor Project , Director Sean Basinski and Lei Bai, met with a group of Bangkok street vendors to exchange experiences and strategies. The group in Bangkok is beginning to organize in the context of the...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photo by: Paula Bronstein, Getty images / Reportage WIEGO attended the World Urban Forum 9 (WUF 9) with workers and organizers from HomeNet Thailand and the Federation of Informal Workers of Thailand. The delegation brought attention to the need for cities to work with...
Cape Town, South Africa Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage The African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference took place from February 1st to 3rd, 2018, in Cape Town, South Africa. This event celebrated ACC's ten-year anniversary and drew together leading urban scholars and...
"We make the city, what does the city do for us?" Hosted by Working Peoples' Charter (WPC), and co-curated by Alliance of Indian Waste-Pickers (AIW) and WIEGO Focal City Delhi, Informal Workers' Narratives was held in Delhi, India, on two days - January 14th and January 18th, 2018. Informal Workers...
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.