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New Delhi, India The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) organized the panel "Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India: Exploring New Collaborations and Engagements" , which took place in New Delhi, India, on December 22nd, 2016. WIEGO’s international coordinator Marty Chen was one of...
Technology and innovation at the base of the economic pyramid Nisha is nineteen years old and spends her days hunched over a small board on the ground, rolling incense sticks for a local contractor in Ahmedabad, India. Rolling incense sticks by hand is hard work, and Nisha earns just 10-12 rupees...
En agosto de 2016, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal (CDHDF) publicó por primera vez una Recomendación sobre el servicio de gestión de residuos para abordar las condiciones laborales de los y las recicladoras de la ciudad. Incluye medidas que tanto el gobierno central como las...
Online event Harvard's South Asia Institute organized two webinars on home-based workers in India. WIEGO's International Coordinator, Marty Chen, was the subject expert, and the discussions were moderated by WIEGO's home-based workers specialist Shalini Sinha. The first webinar session, entitled "...
In August 2016, Mexico City's Commission on Human Rights (CDHDF) issued the first-ever recommendation on waste management service to address the labour conditions of the city’s waste pickers. It includes measures that the central government and the delegations (municipalities) should implement to...
Many countries around the world are at the onset of a care crisis: with the ageing of the population, and continually increasing rates of female labour participation, families are increasingly turning to domestic workers to care for their homes, children, and ageing parents. While an increasing...
Down a small alleyway off of a busy Bangkok road, a residential workshop the size of a small corner store rarely stops humming. The workers, who spend long hours hunched over machines, produce intricately designed bronze flatware that has been a tradition for generations in the Pradit Torakarn...
One of two webinars focused on home-based workers. Learn more about the events
Presentations from UNDESA DSPD expert group meeting on promoting inclusion through social protection
On the 1-2 December 2016, UNDESA DSPD hosted an Expert Group Meeting on Promoting Inclusion Through Social Protection at the UN headquarters in New York. The aim of the meeting was to better understand the main barriers to social protection coverage faced by youth, older persons, persons with...
This newsletter from the International Institute for Environment and Development details IIED's participation during the second week of the 2016 UNFCCC climate change summit in Marrakech (COP22). Another issue is available from the first week of COP22 .
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.