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Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on informal employment, and highlights the growing significance of four groups of urban informal workers: home-based workers, street vendors, domestic workers...
This report presents statistics and trends on home-based workers in Pakistan, based on data from the Labour Force Survey for two points in time 2005-06 and 2008-09. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series . View list of all WIEGO briefs .
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) through the Employment-Unemployment Surveys in 1999-00, 2004-05 and 2011-12. This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication...
This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition. It is based on analysis of the unit level datasets of the Nepal Labour Force Survey (NLFS), 2008 made available by the Central Bureau of Statistics...
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included are examples of collective bargaining by waste pickers in Brazil, domestic workers in Uruguay, street traders in Liberia, bidi workers in India, and minibus...
Urban India is undergoing transformation as formal electoral politics increasingly favors the new middle class. Scholarship tends to compartmentalize the politics of the new middle class and the poor, and this article focuses on inter-class relations. By focusing on relations between street hawkers...
From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work since she was a girl. Today, her membership in the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and her involvement with an ethical, SEWA-based producer company have...
This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific focus rising from the fact that women informal workers tend to have special needs and poorer health than their male counterparts. The scheme differ in their...
The National Draft Policy on Home-based Workers, is intended to guide and support the Provincial and Local Governments of Pakistan, in developing their own strategies, plans and programmes for the protection and promotion of the rights and benefits of women home-based workers.
"SEWA has organized around 49,240 waste pickers and cleaners in Ahmedabad. SEWA is constantly trying modes to inclusively link our traditional waste pickers with the solid waste management system in our country, to lessen the impact of urbanization and privatization. For this, SEWA is working hands...
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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.