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A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad's busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing SEWA movement can help lift a worker's burdens. This publication is part of the WIEGO Workers' Lives Series .
Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a large population lives within the city’s 1,000 slums. For informal workers whose homes double as their workplaces, shelter and...
Construction workers who build houses for others are forced to live in open along with their families in city of Ahmedabad, and indeed in most Indian cities. They remain seasonal migrants their whole life as there is no affordable housing in the city for them.
Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at 29, she helps raise awareness among workers about the importance of vaccination and protection against the virus. SEWA also stepped in to provide relief...
For International Women's Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic for a bottom-up approach to economic recovery. By building a crisis response based around mutual care, solidarity and advocacy strategies, they show us that policy...
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.