Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy
WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...
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Worker Education & Advocacy Materials
COVID-19: Safety, prevention and advocacy resources For Domestic Workers’ Organizations Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 –...
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Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities
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Research Reports
Organising Informal Transport Workers
Abstract: This broad overview report combines general information with information from four case studies: National Union of Transport and...
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Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town – HINDI
(Hindi) A summary based on the report by Koni Benson and Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) ...
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Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?
This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...
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Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Municipal Waste Management Industry in South Africa
SEED Working Paper No. 66 Abstract: Examines features of the municipal waste management sector in South Africa, including the legal and policy...
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Books & Book Chapters
Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak
Analyzes how women workers are using organization and mobilization to enforce their rights.
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Women Workers and the Politics of Claims-Making in a Globalizing Economy
The paper analyses the evolving politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South in the context of a globalized economy. It...
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Waste Pickers: Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management
Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
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