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Asiye eTafuleni is a Non-Profit Organisation which champions Inclusive Urban Planning & Design. This involves empowering the working poor by enabling their ability to participate in co-developing their working environments.
This is the website for SWaCH. "SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune) is India’s first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste pickers or waste collectors and other urban poor. It is an autonomous enterprise that provides front...
Founded in 2007, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women.
This was one of the ILO’s major decent work projects, and included a focus on occupational health and safety particularly among home based workers. Several of the resources which came out of the project are related to OHS and informal work. This resource includes lists of reports, studies and tools...
Proposed at the World Social Forum in 2004 and officially formed at a National Consultation meeting in 2006, OEHNI is a network of victims groups, trade unions, civil society groups and labour groups from all over India with an interest in improving working conditions for all workers in India. It...
The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) supports a global network of partners working to mainstream social protection in development policy and encourage social protection systems and instruments that are comprehensive, long-term, sustainable and pro-poor.
As described on the ILO website , this is "a special edition of the independent newspaper TERRAVIVA on an ILO theme seminar focusing on the informal economy and labour protection of street vendors in Asia."
According to the website, "Pathways of Women’s Empowerment is an international research and communications programme established in 2006 which links academics with activists and practitioners to find out what works to enhance women’s empowerment."
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.