Advanced Search
Search Results
213 results found
SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy context, and describes conditions of work and collective barraging arrangements. Provides an overview of worker and employer organizations and sets out a...
Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment
Abstract: This broad study examines street vendors associations in four Kenyan cities: Nairobi, Kisurnu, Migori and Machakos. The report is mainly based on a survey and focus group discussion approach. In total, 91 associations were covered, most of them being small or medium size organisations...
Informal waste pickers play an integral role in South Africa’s waste industry and keep tonnes of material out of landfills. Now, they are organizing, and through collective efforts, beginning to transform years of struggle and stigma into success vital to livelihoods and dignity.
Challenges in organizing the informal workforce can be specific to the sector or local context, but the challenges in this overview are similar across all sectors and regions of the world.
Cooperatives are an important form of democratic organization and solidarity for informal workers, who come together to gain access to services and markets and to engage in collective negotiations. WIEGO works with, supports and conducts research on cooperatives in many regions. Here is a sample of...
Português By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and a waste picker. I have worked at ASCITO, a waste picker association from the city of Itabirito—a town in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte in the south-east...
English Por Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes Sou Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tenho 25 anos, sou uma jovem negra e catadora de materiais recicláveis. Desde os 16 anos trabalho na ASCITO, uma associação de catadores da cidade de Itabirito, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, que fica no...
English Español Português Je m’appelle Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, j’ai 25 ans et je suis récupératrice de matériaux, une jeune femme noire. Je travaille, et ce , depuis l’âge de 16 ans, au sein de l’ASCITO, une association de récupératrices et de récupérateurs de matériaux, établie à Itabirito...
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.