Street Vendors & Market Traders

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

This literature survey draws together and synthesizes research that has been done on mega events, with a particular focus on the 2010 World...

Five Women Informal Workers Share Their Challenges in Accessing Health Services

The poor face many challenges in accessing health services.

New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment

When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...

A Union for All: Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini market vendors join hands with formal workers in model solidarity

By Carlin Carr

Glass Ceilings and Concrete Floors: Measuring Progress in Women’s Employment

2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary,...

Seis mitos sobre las estadísticas de la economía informal

Los mitos abundan en el campo de las estadísticas de la economía informal y van desde nociones de “no hay estadística alguna”, hasta  “las...

A Durban Street Vendor Wins Precedent-Setting Victory in Court

On March 7, 2018, John Makwicana passed away at the age of 71. John fearlessly took on the challenging battle of defending the rights of...

The People’s Economy and the Future of Cities

Revaben and her husband Narsingbhai sell vegetables from the sidewalk along one of eight new model roads in Ahmedabad, India. Between about...

How a New Kind of “Modern” Urban Development Can Include Street Vendors

By Victoria Okoye, Urban Advocacy Specialist, WIEGO