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Some years ago, the world embraced biodiversity. Today, the world needs to also embrace economic diversity — a hybrid economic model that allows the smallest units and least powerful workers to operate alongside the largest units and most powerful economic players. Both are needed for sustainable...
Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and notes from the field from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis in order to provide a dynamic picture of the ways in which informal workers in Delhi are consistently struggling...
All of the data for the UNIFEM-WIEGO studies were from the late 1990s and early 2000s. The data sources and years for the five countries were as follows: Egypt: ELMS 1998 and the Micro and Small Enterprise Survey (MSE) 2003 El Salvador: Encuesta de Hogares de Propositos Multiples (EHPM) 2003 South...
This page summarizes findings from several earlier sets of country-level data analyses that considered the average earnings and/or the poverty risk of different segments of the labour force, both formal and informal.
The inequalities between those at the base of the economic pyramid and those at the tip can be traced through nested layers of inequality: between capital and labour, between formal and informal workers, between different groups of informal workers — and between women and men at each level. In today...
Diagrams reveal a hierarchy of earnings and poverty risk across various segments of the labour force. Average earnings are lower and the risk of poverty is higher among all women workers in the informal economy compared to all men workers within the informal economy.
HomeNet Thailand was founded in 1999 as an NGO to support home-based workers across Thailand. Today, HomeNet Thailand consists of: HomeNet Thailand Association, a membership-based organization (MBO) composed primarily of home-based workers with 5,000 members across Thailand the Foundation for Labour...
In early 2009, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, one of the partners in the Inclusive Cities project, conducted a study to assess the impact of the global recession on its membership.
During economic crises, the poor are seen as targets for social assistance or social safety nets. But the working poor, especially those engaged in the informal economy, are not recognized as legitimate targets for economic rescue or recovery efforts because it is widely believed that the informal...
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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.