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Abstract: This booklet analyses the impact of SEWA, Self Employed Women‟s Association, on its members. SEWA is an officially registered trade union with a membership of over 700,000 self-employed women working in the informal economy in India. SEWA‟s impact is analysed by looking at eleven points...
Abstract: This research report provides a very thorough picture of the activities of the Self Employed Women‟s Union (SEWU) in South Africa, analysing how it has organized women in the informal economy. SEWU organizes self-employed women involved in informal economic activities, who have a maximum...
Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, September 17-18 2004
A Review Commissioned by WIEGO
University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies. A review commissioned by Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising (WIEGO). Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. May 2004
Reddy, Sanjay G., Globalisation, Labour Markets, and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries (November 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=942087 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.942087
Vassar College Economics Working Paper, No. 60
A report of a joint ILO/UNDP mission
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.