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Ordinance Regulating the Sidewalk Street Vendors of Barangay Ermita in the City of Cebu, 2001
This policy document was written to serve as a guide for the management and suport of workers in the informal economy in the city of Durban and forms the basis for appropriate and workable legislation.
Enhancing Lobbying Capacity of Women Street Vendors: The Challenges in the Kenyan Policy Environment
Abstract: This broad study examines street vendors associations in four Kenyan cities: Nairobi, Kisurnu, Migori and Machakos. The report is mainly based on a survey and focus group discussion approach. In total, 91 associations were covered, most of them being small or medium size organisations...
Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972. It is an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers in India. These are women who earn a living through their own labour or small businesses. They do not obtain regular salaried employment with welfare benefits like workers in the organised sector...
The aim of StreetNet International is to promote the exchange of information and ideas on critical issues facing street vendors and market vendors and hawkers (mobile vendors) and on practical organising and advocacy strategies.
SEWA Academy is the focal point for all of SEWA’s training, capacity building, research and communication efforts. SEWA Academy functions as our member’s "UNIVERSITY," providing our members their first introduction to a formal learning environment. It is the organizational wing that is responsible...
Street vendors, and postmodernity: conflict and compromise in the global economy International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy In this essay based on a decade of research among sreet vendors and the informal economy, I explore street vending and the informal sector within the context of the...
This Act (among other things)provides for the core principles, mechanisms and processes that are necessary to enable municipalities to move progressively towards the social and economic upliftment of local communities.
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.