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A Site of Struggle: Organised Labour and Domestic Worker Organising in Mozambique, by Ruth Castel-Branco This post is also available in PDF format here .
Sally Roever, WIEGO’s Urban Research Director, argues that while clearer rules, better incentives and more supportive programs are important for street vendors, just as important is reducing the penalties they face as informal workers. To learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City...
Informal Trading & Joburg: An Introduction In this post, the author writes "On our facebook site, we posted a blog post written by Rhonda Douglas of wiego.org regarding the concept of an ‘inclusive city’. We have written quite extensively on inclusivity in Joburg under The Right to the City, and so...
In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional court´s Order 275 and the implications it has for waste pickers in Colombia. Video is in Spanish. Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion is a series of audiovisual...
The informal economy plays an important role in most middle income countries. Informal economic activities are characterized by low levels of technology and jobs with low levels of skills and productivity. Informal institutions governing relationships in the informal economy, and formal institutions...
Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit is an encouragement to all governments to take measures to ensure that domestic workers are recognized and protected by law.
In this issue - ILO: Global Employment Trends; World of Work; Global Wage Report; Domestic Workers Links to current and previous issues of this newsletter from the ILO are here .
This case study reviews efforts to organize waste pickers in Bangalore city, Southern India by a network of non-governmental organizations. Using a “top down” approach the network engaged with the municipality to have waste pickers recognized. This effort has led to the first enumeration and...
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.