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Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and field notes from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis in order to provide a dynamic picture of the ways in which informal workers in Delhi are consistently struggling...
DELHI DIARY - April 2020 by Avi Singh Majithia In February 2020, WIEGO’s Focal Cities team met together in Delhi for a learning exchange and exposure visit. The Focal Cities teams, representing five cities across Latin America, West Africa and India, meet on an annual basis to facilitate knowledge...
Date: August 5, 2024 Time: 18:00 South African Standard Time Language: English only Register to attend The Wits School of Law and WIEGO invite you to the launch of the edited volume, Mapping Legalities: Urbanisation, Law and Informal Work , edited by Dr. Thomas Coggin and Dr. Roopa Madhav. Covering...
by Avi Singh Majithia May 4, 2020 (Photo: Bal Vikas Dhara staff distributing food ration kits to waste pickers in a Delhi Slum. Credit: Debendra Baral) Waste pickers historically have been essential workers in maintaining public health and hygiene in our cities. In this new time of COVID-19, the...
Event invitation to book launch on May 28, 2018.
Delhi Diary offers reflections, insights and notes from the field by the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis to provide a dynamic picture of how informal workers in Delhi consistently struggle, resist and innovate against great...
Introduction: Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and notes from the field from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis in order to provide a dynamic picture of the ways in which informal workers in Delhi are...
Law shapes relations in public space, through a written and unwritten ‘script’ that tries to impose order, flow, and predictability in the way things run. Workers in informal employment come up against this script daily. Understanding how they navigate it is critical, if we are to support them...
By: Avi Singh Majithia July 2020 Photo credit: Rashmi Choudhary The lockdown in Delhi came down harshly on street vendors, as it did for many other workers in the city’s massive informal economy. Announced on 24th March with just 4 hours’ notice, an empty city meant that the city’s vendors...
Delhi Diary offers reflections, insights and notes from the field by the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis to provide a dynamic picture of how informal workers in Delhi consistently struggle, resist and innovate against great...
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.