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El abordaje de Ciudades Focales de WIEGO consiste en dar apoyo a las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal para fomentar su participación con los funcionarios del gobierno con el objetivo de garantizar leyes y regulaciones más inclusivas, mejores servicios urbanos y una...
As part of the Urban Thinkers Campus, WIEGO is organizing a panel, titled Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive Urban Planning, that will include representatives from the KKPKP waste pickers' union in Pune, the Self-Employed Women's Association in Ahmedabad, the National Association of Street Vendors...
WIEGO Resource Documents include our literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and papers that reflect the findings from new empirical work. They provide details to support advocacy, policy, or research on specific issues. Musiitwa, Moses and John Mark Mwanika, David Musoke, Annie Devenish and...
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Abstract: This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers. It presents recent national data on the size and composition of home-based work in developing countries as...
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent national data on the size and composition of home-based work in developing countries as well as findings from two recent field studies of urban home-based...
Advocacy Materials C177 and homeworkers
WIEGO's August 2014 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en español . Lire cette lettre d'information en français .
This document reviews WIEGO's work in Asia, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building, and advocacy work.
From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work since she was a girl. Today, her membership in the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and her involvement with an ethical, SEWA-based producer company have...
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.