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This is the second issue of "SEWA Rashtriya Patrika", SEWA’s Mouthpiece integrating women workers in national development. The theme of this issue is waste, and includes the following features: - New Solid Waste Management Rules in India - SEWA leads successful pilots for waste management by waste...
By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Next City's journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking to leaders from across the world who have been convened by the United Nations to draft a New Urban Agenda. For more information, see Next City’s article
By Ana Carolina Ogando Madalena Duarte is a strong woman leader. She is also a waste picker in her hometown of Itaúna, Brazil – work she has been doing for many years to support her family. As a member of the National Waste Pickers Movement (or MNCR, its acronym in Portuguese) and the Red...
Madalena Duarte es una líder fuerte. También es una recicladora en su ciudad natal de Itaúna, Brasil –un trabajo que lleva realizando muchos años para apoyar a su familia–. Como miembro del Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores (o MNCR, por su sigla en portugués) y de la Red Latinoamericana de...
This article (read the abstract here ) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special issue was focused on "Integrating perspectives in the informal economy." The authors are all part of WIEGO's Urban Policies Programme . The article is...
This blog post was written by Serter Oran, a research fellow and PhD Candidate at the University of Ankara, Turkey.
Boletim da Aliança Global de Catadores, Dezembro 2015-Abril 2016 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Leia o boletim em Português . Lire le bulletin en français .
Goonj is a non-governmental organisation based in Delhi, India which undertakes disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development in parts of 21 states across India. It recycles discarded clothes and household goods into useful products for the poor, such as sanitary napkins. See also...
To mark inclusion of Waste pickers and Informal Waste Dealers in the recently released Solid & Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, an evening of readings from the book Bicycle Dreaming by Mridula Koshy interspersed by personal stories by waste pickers from various cities. (Video is in English and...
This blog post is an interview with Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Sector Specialist. Here Sonia shares information from the Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Sector Report. View Sonia's profile .
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.