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PostBuilding Collective Power January 24, 2024Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible
Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...
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Fact Sheets/InfographicsWeekly Markets in Delhi: A market that comes to you (Map)
The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different...
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Organizing Briefs‘Whose Law? Our Law!’: Critical Reflections on Legalization, Social Dialogue and Street Vendors’ Organizing in São Paulo
Key Points The institutionalization of social dialogue is an important step towards more just regulation of informal vending, but alone it...
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Resource DocumentsStreet Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities
This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...
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PostGlobal Advocacy and Negotiations July 25, 2023Challenging the Boundaries of Labour Law at the Labour Law Research Network Conference
Labour law only “sees” employees. It resists the idea that self-employed workers in the informal economy, such as street vendors and waste...
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PostBuilding Collective Power June 28, 2023Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce
In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...
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PostAccess to Public Space June 16, 2023Building Street Vendor Power in the Face of Repression in African Cities
Street vendors across the Global South are exposed to repeated cycles of evictions. In the African cities of Accra, Dakar and Durban, vendors...
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Policy/Position DocumentsDocumento de posicionamento global: Uma transição justa para as pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais: Considerações para a 111.ª sessão do debate geral da CIT
Neste resumo, a WIEGO e quatro redes globais de pessoas trabalhadoras em empregos informais, incluindo a HomeNet International, a Aliança...
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Policy/Position DocumentsGlobal Position Paper: A Just Transition for Workers in Informal Employment, prepared for the 111th session of the International Labour Conference
In this brief, WIEGO and four global networks of workers in informal employment including HomeNet International, the International Alliance...
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Policy/Position DocumentsNão deixar ninguém para trás: Construir uma proteção do trabalho inclusiva num mundo do trabalho em evolução, 111.ª Sessão da CIT, 2023
Damos as boas-vindas ao relatório de fundo da OIT (Organização Internacional do Trabalho), focado nas dimensões da proteção trabalhista,...
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