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By Carlin Carr In the first of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO) Carlin Carr introduces members of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Ahmedabad. The organisation has been supporting informal workers to gain greater visibility...
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Abstract: This paper synthesizes recent research and evidence on urban policies and local government practices as they relate to street vending, one of the most visible occupations in the informal economy. It presents...
Road sides, public markets, homes and landfill sites – all are sites where informal workers work and all are sites that mark an unexamined intersection between urban health and safety and occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety is generally confined to national level labour...
At the inaugural session of the UN HLP on Women's Economic Empowerment Consultation on the Informal Economy, Renana Jhabvala (Chair of the WIEGO Board and National Coordinator of SEWA) presents on the importance of exercising collective voice across scales.
This is a 5-page executive summary of a 59-page research guide (in Portuguese), Gestão da coleta seletiva e de organizações de catadores: indicadores e índices de sustentabilidade (Selective Waste Management and Waste Pickers’ Organizations: Indicators and Sustainability Indices). The guide...
Newsletter This issue contains the features on Inclusion of Waste Recyclers in the Solid Waste Management Rules of Government , Global Supply Chain and Home-Based Workers ” and Members Celebration of Labour Day .
This presentation outlines the recommendations articulated by participants of the August 10 HLP consultation hosted by Oxfam and WIEGO. The consultation forms part of the HLP process , and was specifically focused on grassroots womens organizations in the Southern Africa Region. Participants...
Ela Bhatt delivers closing address at UN HLP Consultation at SEWA , August 5th. View the transcript here.
Ela Bhatt delivered this closing address to the participants of the event, "Women's Voices in the Informal Economy," held at SEWA headquarters in Ahmedabad and jointly hosted by UN Women India and SEWA. The event forms part of the consultative process of the United Nations High-Level Panel (UN HLP)...
A newsletter covering the highlights and progress of the WIEGO Network in promoting secure informal livelihoods through policy interventions and stronger organizations, covering the period March - June 2016 Español | Français
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.