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An Act, signed in Lima in December 2012, between the Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima (the local government in Lima) and 24 organizations representing street vendors who have worked in the space around the former big-scale market known as “La Parada” (which was closed in October in a very hard...
Jeremy Irons talks trash for his new environmental documentary
Santu and Aasma Bibi are Delhi based recyclers. Both of them are also activists with Safai Sena, an association of wastepickers, itinerant buyers and small waste dealers.
Highlights include: • National Conference of Chilean Waste Pickers (Chile- December 2012) • Waste pickers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America at Expocatadores 2012 (Sao Paulo – November 2012) • Struggles and Victories in Bogotá (Colombia – 2012) • Gender Pilot Project draws interest of women and...
Contents: SEWA's Unique Co-operatives: Gujarat Women's SEWA Cooperative Federation SEWA's Co-operatives Sweep the Top Awards in Gujarat The Journey of Shri Gujarat Mahila Lok Swasthya SEWA Cooperative Limited SEWA Medical Shop for Women Workers Vimo SEWA: First National Co-operative The First...
Law governing micro-businesses in Kenya
Fact sheet on domestic workers rights' under Ministerial Regulation No. 14.
The main focus of the paper is on highlighting the Self Employed Womens Association (SEWA) strategy for using collective bargaining for decent work, just compensation, and worker welfare. Experiences in organizing bidi worker women from the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Rajasthan, and West...
Negotiating the Recycling Bonus Law: Waste Pickers and Collective Bargaining in Minas Gerais, Brazil
This case study examines negotiations between the Waste Pickers National Movement (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Reciclᶥis), or MNCR and the state of Minas Gerais. The objective of the bargaining, which has been ongoing since 2001, is the demand that waste picking be recognized as a service...
This volume brings together the personal and technical reflections of a group of individuals who undertook a unique Exposure-Dialogue Programme (EDP) with informally employed women in three countries between 2004-2011. The EDP involved a series of dialogues to bridge the seeming gulf between the...
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.