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In a initiative to refurbish the often cramped, dimly illuminated and inconvenient homes of waste pickers, KKPKP began a small initiative in Pune involving young architects to design brighter and more functional homes. These homes are reconstructed using recyclable household furnishings that the...
Abstract: Español: El presente documento agrupa las voces de los siguientes grupos de trabajadores en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México: artesanos, aseadores de calzado, ayateros, vendedores ambulantes de café, diableros, mariachis, músicos norteños, organilleros, comerciantes—que pueden ser...
Ce rapport examine les contributions que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel apportent à Dakar.
A medida que crecen las desigualdades en muchos lugares del mundo, aumentan los desafíos para generar ciudades más inclusivas. Las trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal conocen bien estos desafíos, al enfrentarse cada día a la búsqueda de ingresos para poder vivir, casi siempre sin...
Living Wage: Regulatory Pathways to Living Wages for Precarious and Informal Workers in Global Supply Chains proposes strategies to improve and enforce minimum wages for workers that suffer the consequences of the constant pressure from powerful actors to cut production cost. At the heart of the...
This publication is a brief version of the 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (ILO 2018). The 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy estimates that two billion (61 per cent) of the global employed population earn their living in the informal...
Street vendors from Bangkok to Bogota face constant, daily harassment as they go about selling their goods to earn a living. For years, the situation in Liberia’s capital city of Monrovia was no different. Until, that is, street vendors in the city organized. They established the Federation of Petty...
By Jenna Harvey “I want to see an eviction-free city. I want to see them [street vendors] having a right to the city, where no government, no official, will harass them. But we have to do it under a regulation, even though we want access in the city — we want to operate in the city — we also believe...
Par Jenna Harvey « Je veux voir une ville sans expulsions. Je veux les voir [vendeurs de rue] jouir du droit à la ville, où aucun gouvernement, aucun fonctionnaire, ne va les harceler. Mais nous devons le faire en vertu d’un règlement et, même si nous voulons avoir accès à la ville – nous voulons y...
Next month, we’ll find out if director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco’s moving portrayal of a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico will gain nods from the Academy with an Oscar. Having recently taken home “Best Picture” at the Critics’ Choice Awards , hopes are high. The movie has brought much-needed attention to...
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.