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WIEGO’s law team discusses how administrative law can empower and protect informal workers in urban public spaces Every day, street vendors face harassment from authorities — from evictions to confiscation of goods. Waste pickers, too, face the denial of access to landfills or space to sort their...
A growing number of workers in developed countries are working without the traditional employer-employee relationship in the so-called “gig economy” – also referred to as the sharing or on-demand economy. Over the past decade, techno-entrepreneurs have developed online platforms to connect customers...
On July 13, hundreds of Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers (known locally as “reclaimers”) — men and women who have been collecting, separating, and selling the city’s reusable discards for generations — took to the streets to protest a municipal decision that could put them out of work...
Half the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to city life. Rhonda Douglas from WIEGO argues that the New Urban Agenda must include all urban stakeholders, including the working poor, to ensure it doesn’t leave...
In India, the government has put in place well-meaning social security schemes, as well as health and nutrition programmes to combat malnutrition and increase health and well being in India. For the poor, these basic-needs schemes are especially important, but often unknown to them. SEWA's model...
Things are not easy for those protecting the Earth. Two recent landfill disasters have exposed the dangerous realities for those who make a living off of the world's waste. Just a few days ago, a garbage dump on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, gave way, burying nearly 30 people who lived at its...
por Lucía Fernández Las cosas no son fáciles para quienes protegen a la Tierra Desastres recientes en dos vertederos han expuesto la peligrosa realidad de quienes se ganan la vida con los residuos del mundo. Hace pocos días, un botadero en las afueras de Colombo, Sri Lanka, se derrumbó y sepultó a...
Por Sonia Dias , Ana Carolina Ogando , y Vanessa Pillay Las mujeres recicladoras se enfrentan a muchos desafíos para mantener sus medios de sustento, y las cuestiones de género son uno de ellos. Por ejemplo, puede que no se les permita el acceso a materiales reciclables de alto valor, y es menos...
El primer paso incluye el lanzamiento de una plataforma política sobre seguridad social Las trabajadoras del hogar se enfrentan a muchos desafíos en su lucha por mejorar sus condiciones de trabajo. Generalmente, luchan en soledad, detrás de las puertas cerradas de los hogares en los que trabajan...
First step includes launch of new social security policy platform Domestic workers face many challenges in their fight for better working conditions. At a very basic level, these workers struggle in isolation, behind the closed doors of employers’ homes, with few opportunities to hear what others...
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.