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This is a report from SEWA on their exposure visit to Brazil.
This issue includes: News from SETU Africa Exposure visit of SEWA team to Ethiopia Voices from Africa WISE got an award from Addis Ababa city administration Happenings at SEWA SEWA Bharat Youth Programme: Girls moving forward to touch the sky - A campaign for adolescent girls organised by SEWA...
"This 10 Key Facts note by HomeNet South Asia is a summary of the four Statistical Briefs that HomeNet South Asia and WIEGO commissioned on home-based work in Bangladesh , India , Nepal and Pakistan ."
In this issue: NASVI Executive Committee Meeting Street Food Initiative Legal Combat Survey of Street Vendors Upcoming Events
According to Verite Research: This is a video that was developed for a concert in aid of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka. Domestic work is often not seen as 'real work', or as a real profession, and the conditions of work are often less than decent. Through supporting meaningful ratification of...
This issue includes: Voices from Africa WISE’s pension scheme News from SETU Africa: Ethiopian Embassy team visited SEWA Happenings at Sewa: Sewa’s Health and Child Care Programmes
The Centre for Development Policy and Research is pleased to announce the publication of Development Viewpoint #80: “Documenting the Lack of Labour Rights in India’s Construction Sector”. This Development Viewpoint draws on research conducted in Delhi and Shanghai by the ESRC-DFID Research Project...
The issue features an article on law and the self-employed in India (see pp 133-150, Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases ), co-authored by Marty Chen, International Coordinator of WIEGO, and Kamala Sankaran and Roopa Madhav who coordinated the WIEGO project on Law and Informality...
Development Viewpoint, No. 79
Development Viewpoint, No. 81
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.