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This book seeks to bridge the existing literature gap in the relationship between food and urban planning. From production to consumption, to recovery and waste management, this book compiles contributions from a wide range of food systems planning practitioners, researchers and scholars grounded in...
Photos by Jonathan Torgovnik About half-a-million people flow through Warwick Junction every day — every one of them a potential customer for the thousands of informal traders selling everything from fresh fruit to prepared meals, from clothing to hardware to traditional medicine. For over a hundred...
Improving the Availability and Quality of Individual-level Data on Women and Youth in Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Rome, Italy A group of experts and institutions focused on women and youth employment policy and research convened in Rome, Italy, from November 28 - 29, 2018 for the...
Public space provides a window into the soul of a city. It is where collective urban life plays out — cycling to work, playing in a park, enjoying hot food from a street corner, performing music for a tip, coming together in celebration or resistance. This diversity of activity can make public...
This book contributes a gender justice framework to analyse and confront the issues and problems of homework. The authors propose four justice dimensions – recognition, representation, rights and redistribution – to examine and analyse homework. This framework also takes into account the structures...
This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and economic origins, its manifestations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Global South, and its consequences for personal and family life.
Marrakech, Morocco Africities is a pan-African event that brings together local authorities, financial institutions, development partners and civil society stakeholders from across the continent every three years. The event is hosted by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG). A...
Humanities & Graduate Centre, South West Engineering Building East Campus University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Waste pickers in South Africa are finally being recognized and valued for their contributions to the environment, economy and urban life. While we are only starting to explore how...
Cape Town, South Africa Venue: Community House Over 200 advocates for the rights of domestic workers gathered in Cape Town from the 16th to 19th November, 2018, as the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) celebrated its five year anniversary by convening its second Congress...
Every year the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosts an international Academy on the transition to the formal economy . The third edition of this biennial activity held from November 12- 23, 2018, offered a learning platform to review promising practices on the transition from 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.