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En el marco del Tercer Comité preparatorio para Habitat 3, Gloria Solorzano, una lider peruana de la Red Nacional de Trabajadores Autoempleados expone sobre el proceso participativo entre los vendedores ambulantes y el gobierno de Lima para llegar a una nueva ordenanza que regula el comercio...
En el marco del Tercer Comité preparatorio para Habitat 3, Gloria Solorzano, una lider peruana de la Red Nacional de Trabajadores Autoempleados expone sobre el proceso participativo entre los vendedores ambulantes y el gobierno de Lima para llegar a una nueva ordenanza que regula el comercio...
We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe met in Johannesburg, South Africa for the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC...
Juliana Brown Afari talks about why it is important for informal workers to be involved in the Habitat III process and why should goverments keep in mind as they move to implement the New Urban Agenda.
This is the project website of an ongoing research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) that focuses on governing food systems to alleviate poverty in secondary cities in Africa. Part of the project focuses on...
The Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign (LASVC) is the initiative to legalize street vending on Los Angeles' city sidewalks. The organizing efforts by the LASVC were discussed at a panel discussion at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on May 19, 2016.
Abstract : This qualitative study aims to understand how and why different groups of informal women entrepreneurs in Nepal engage with, or make the transition to the formal sector. Read a news article about the study.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized by Dr. Alvaro Huerta and his urban planning graduate students, in association with co-sponsors, this educational symposium focused on a key question:...
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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.