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This is the twelfth episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally aired on FM Rainbow.
In an interview with Pamhidzai H. Bamu , WIEGO’s Africa Coordinator for the Law Programme, we discuss “administrative action” — actions or decisions by the executive arm of national, provincial or local governments — that impact informal workers and the area of law called administrative law, which...
VIDEO: This 7-minute animated film shows how cities on different continents have taken diverse approaches to integrating waste pickers in municipal waste management systems -- and how waste pickers, residents and city budgets have all benefited. También en español . Also in English .
Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and waste picker represenatives from Johannesburg, South Africa are interviewed on local radio to share their concerns regarding the privatization of waste collection services in the city of Johannesburg, which will threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in the...
The lecture emerges from the pertinent and yet often ignored role of law in the city. It takes an interdisciplinary approach which seeks to understand the positive and negative spatial ramifications of law in the way we inhabit, appropriate, and participate in the city, its spaces, its governance...
More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf or Middle East under false pretenses. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ways some advocates are working to protect workers, as well as women in...
What does buyer power look like in a global supply chain? Mark Anner, the director of the Center for Global Workers' Rights at Penn State University, explains to Beyond Trafficking and Slavery.
Synopsis from the film site : "Claiming Our Voice is a short documentary film by Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel sharing the stories of Andolan, an organization founded and led by South Asian immigrant women low-wage workers as a means to support each other and collectively organize against exploitative...
WIEGO International Coordinator Marty Chen speaks about the launch of the 2016 Arab Watch Report.
This video was prepared by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND). It provides a brief summary of the informal economy, and outlines some of the rights that informal workers lack.
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.