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From the website: The Green Hub at MIT is a collaborative project of MIT’s CoLab, Oxfam Great Britain (GB), and the Presencing Institute. The mission of Green Hub is to work collaboratively with MIT schools, departments and research centers, NGOs, governments, private sector groups, and others to...
Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune. SWaCH Coop is India’s first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed rag pickers/waste pickers.
There is arguably no greater gap in economic wealth and bargaining power than between the home-based garment worker and the owner of the large garment manufacturing or retail firm for which she produces. SEWA works with home-based garment workers to increase their incomes, improve their equipment...
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Voice for Domestic Workers
The Integrated Programme of Worker’s Health (PISAT) forms part of the Federal University of Bahia’s Institute of Collective Health, which is located in Salvador Brazil. In 2008 PISAT became a formal Collaborating Centre of the Brazilian Health Ministry/Health Surveillance Secretariat, with the aim...
ILO Campaign Presentation
This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and income generation occurs. Contents include a statistical overview of informal employment in Africa, a consideration of definition and measurement, statistical...
This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Contents include statistical overviews of employment generally, and informal employment specifically in South Asia, an examination of the dynamics...
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.