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This issue includes information about an ILO publication, Enterprise formalization: Fact or fiction? A quest for case studies . As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and...
Abstract: This paper re-visits the notions of work and empowerment under the overarching framework of gender, in the city of Mumbai. By examining the gender dimension of informal work, the current work not only extends the sociological literature on labor, but also teases out the challenges...
This issue includes information about a LEDNA research paper by Stephen Kofi Diko, " Right to the City: Promoting Local Economic Development in the Phase of Increasing Informality ". As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic...
Juliana Brown Afari, Vice-President of StreetNet, Addresses Plenary International Labour Conference (ILC), June 2014 More information StreetNet Learn more about the ILC event View more videos from ILC event
Poornima Chikarmane addresses the ILC plenary on behalf of Suman More. Suman More has been a member of the waste picker's union Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) in Pune, India for 21 years. She is currently a board member of SWaCH (India's first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed...
IDWF speaks at the International Labour Conference (ILC), June 2014. For More Information: Learn more about the ILC event View more videos from ILC event
Orlando Machado from the organization Juventud Obrera Cristiana Internacional (Young Christian Workers Organization) speaks at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June, 2014. For More Information: Learn more about the ILC event View more videos from ILC event
Souley Zeinabou, President of FENASEIN (National Federation of Trade Unions), Niger, speaks at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June, 2014. For More Information: Learn more about the ILC event View more videos from ILC event
Speaking on cooperatives at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June, 2014. For More Information: Learn more about the ILC event View more videos from ILC event
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.