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The global movement of informal workers – led by worker organizations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America – made major strides this year, from developing women’s leadership and using international policy instruments on the local level, to challenging the privatization of waste in South Africa...
Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente de su país y un panel de dignatarios para hablarles sobre los desafíos que afrontan ella y otros vendedores ambulantes, y más importante, lo que estos...
By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of her country and a panel of dignitaries to tell them about the challenges she and other street vendors face – and, importantly, what these policymakers could do to...
La “Estrategia Nacional de Tránsito a la Economía Formal” es el resultado de un arduo trabajo de los representantes de los sectores de trabajadores, empleadores y gobierno. Contempla acciones en los cuatro ejes que los sectores han considerado como prioritarios, a saber: formación técnico...
A blog written by Jenna Harvey while she was a Fulbright student in 2013-2014. On Jenna's introduction she writes: "Over a period of eight months, from October 2013-June 2014 I carried out research as a Fulbright U.S. Student in La Carpio. My research was focused on the spectrum of informal economic...
Abstract: This paper examines political mobilisation of informal workers during the early 1990s in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The focus of the paper is on the significance of informal worker‟s associations on party politics, while less is being said about the characteristics of these organisations...
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.