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The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization agenda that erodes both the public sector and the rights of workers employed within it. This paper critically analyses innovative approaches to...
This video, by WIEGO's Federico Parra , describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.
In 2003, the national transit code sought to eradicate animal traction vehicles or animal pulled carts that would have affected hundreds of thousands in Colombia. They had to demand their rights. The Constitutional Court upheld these demands and by means of verdict 355 of 2003 it demanded...
En el año 2003, el Código Nacional de Transito pretendía eliminar los vehículos de tracción animal. Esto afectaba a miles de recicladores en Colombia, quienes tuvieron que acudir a la Corte Constitucional para defender sus derechos. Mediante la Sentencia C 355 de 2003, la Corte Constitucional le...
The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour, development practitioners and policy makers from around the world working to promote progressive public services, with an emphasis on health, water and electricity...
A raíz de toda la situación que afronta el alcalde Petro por el esquema de basuras, conocemos de procesos donde se solicita la nulidad del decreto que lo implementó, eso haría retroceder todo, incluyendo los derechos que se les han reconocido a los recicladores y pone en incertidumbre nuestra...
Este es el tercero producto de las Cronicas de una lucha por la inclusion . from christian Mantilla on Vimeo .
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.