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Por Laura Alfers y Francie Lund En 2007, el gobierno tailandés dio un paso extraordinario, y estableció servicios sanitarios públicos gratuitos y universales financiados con impuestos generales. El programa sanitario público tailandés ha tenido impresionantes resultados, incluyendo menores tasas de...
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.
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...
Este video de 20 minutos de WIEGO y organizaciones socio Asiye Etafulani (AeT) en Sudáfrica, HomeNet Thailand en Tailandia, y la Asociación de Mujeres Autoempleadas (SEWA) en la India, narra las historias de los trabajadores en la economía informal y las dificultades que enfrentan para tener acceso...
From the introduction to this thesis: "Bhav is a project for developing a business with socio-economic impact. The project highlights how a right amalgamation of business model, skills and resources can create a driving force for social and economical uplift of small villages in developing countries...
This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here . When we visited Sunder Nagari, a slum in Delhi, in the middle of the day, it was a buzz of activity. Nearly every tiny home was a site of economic production, with many women and...
This is the first of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part two here . In the narrow bylanes of Delhi’s Sunder Nagari slum, Shama and Phoolbano conduct their livelihood activities outside their tiny homes. Sunder Nagari is one of the largest...
Namrata Bali, Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), speaks after a panel discussionon "Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive Urban Planning," held at UN Habitat's Urban Thinkers Campus, India. October 2015.
Arbind Singh, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), speaks during a panel discussion on "Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive Urban Planning," at UN Habitat's Urban Thinkers Campus, India, October 2015
Presentation made by Martha Chen to the MIT Technology Evaluation Group on initial findings from on the "Technology & the Future of Work" project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation led by WIEGO and Practical Action.
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.