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Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue: Street Food Festival Street Vendor News Social Protection Workshop NASVI National Conference Other issues of NASVI newsletter are also available.
This issue of the newsletter includes links to an infographic and more information about ensuring the right to rest for domestic workers. Other issues of the ILO INWORK newsletter are also available in English, French and Spanish.
This resource focuses on a collaborative process for market traders and local government officials to develop a disaster response plan.
Paris, France In 2015 COP21, an annual international conference that reviews the implementation of the UN’s Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for the first time in its history aimed to develop a universal, legally-binding agreement on climate to limit global warming. Along with WIEGO, several...
The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector across the country. With more than a million permanent workers, the tea plantation industry is the largest in the formal private sector in the country. Yet wages...
12:15-14:30 Hotel José Antonio WIEGO and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) convened the fifth multi-stakeholder meeting on solid waste recyclers. In this event, the experiences regarding waste picker inclusion as service providers in Bogota, Colombia were shared. It was also an opportunity to...
L’écart continue de se creuser entre riches et pauvres. Au cours des décennies ayant précédé la Grande récession, la croissance économique bénéficiait déjà de manière disproportionnée aux catégories à haut revenu, tandis que les ménages à bas revenu étaient laissés pour compte. Depuis la crise, les...
By Victoria Okoye, Urban Advocacy Specialist, WIEGO In Accra, there exists a perpetual tension between the city’s street vendors and hawkers who hustle for a living on the city’s sidewalks and pavement, and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), which seeks to limit and clear their activities from...
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.