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Developing a People’s Perspective on the Delhi Master Plan

Delhi, India The preparatory process for the Delhi master plan 2021-2041 is already underway. The new master plan will lay the foundation for the city-state’s development in the next two decades and holds the potential to serve as a benchmark and guide for increasing inclusion in India’s capital...

Local Governments Should Prioritize Health and Safety for Informal Workers

Frances Lund

The deadly factory fire at Rana Plaza five years ago this week sparked global outrage about workers’ safety. The incident in Bangladesh prompted discussion on national and international levels. But it is not just at these levels that health and safety can be addressed. Many local governments wield...

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India New Delhi, India Photo: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Image Reportage In a collaboration between WIEGO and SEWA, the “Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India: Collaborating for Action” roundtable took place on 19th...

In Delhi, a Three-Pronged Approach Raises Informal Workers’ Priorities with Urban Decision-makers

Shalini Sinha

Urban employment trends in India have defied predictions and stereotypes. Rather than being increasingly absorbed into modern, formal wage employment, the urban workforce in India is becoming increasingly informal. Delhi is no different: the vast majority of the city’s workers – 71 per cent – are...

Infographic - Delhi Focal City

Infographic outlining key statistics and figures relating to the informal economy in New Delhi, India.

Promotion of Decent Work for Homebased Workers

With a vision of improving living standards and securing workplace rights, decent work environments, living wages, and fostering social dialogue and a preventive culture on gender-based violence, OSHE Foundation has launched Decent Work for Home-based Workers in Garments and Textile Supply Chain, a...

From Lima to Bangkok, WIEGO Lays Out Strategy to Improve Conditions of Informal Workers in Six Target Cities

Jenna Harvey

By Jenna Harvey It is morning rush hour in Bangkok and moto-taxi drivers ferry hurried commuters through stalled traffic. In Mexico City, shoe shiners line up outside office buildings, offering their services to professionals on their way to work. In Lima, parents walking their children to school...

Quality Child Care is a Missing Piece of the Poverty-reduction Puzzle

WIEGO

A discussion with Mirai Chatterjee on SEWA’s holistic model and approach The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India has been a pioneering trade union for poor women workers since 1972, branching off into a number of different initiatives to holistically support its members. It soon...