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This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here . When we visited Sunder Nagari, a slum in Delhi, in the middle of the day, it was a buzz of activity. Nearly every tiny home was a site of economic production, with many women and...
This is the first of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part two here . In the narrow bylanes of Delhi’s Sunder Nagari slum, Shama and Phoolbano conduct their livelihood activities outside their tiny homes. Sunder Nagari is one of the largest...
A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week Elaine Jones, Director of WIEGO’s Global Trade Programme, joins us this week from the World Fair Trade Week being held in Milan, Italy. The weeklong event features the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) Conference, a Fair Trade International...
The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 revealed the deathly factory conditions of garment workers, many of whom were stitching for the world's biggest brands. While the disaster has raised awareness -- and even moved forward promising steps to improve working conditions -- there is yet a...
Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta “las estadísticas no nos dicen nada”. Aquí hay respuestas para los mitos más comunes. Mito #1: No hay estadísticas sobre la economía informal Las estadísticas sobre la...
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation recently released their “ No Ceilings: The Full Participation Report ,”...
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.