Theme: Building Collective Power

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Fair Trade: Case Studies from India and Nepal

This article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an action research project on producer organizations of working poor...

Global Networking: Informal Workers Build Solidarity, Power and Representation through Networks and Alliances

Over the past three decades informal workers, mainly in the global South and their organizations have joined and launched global networks...

Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua

Abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from...

Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place

This Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Towards an ILO Convention

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Livelihoods With Dignity

Seen but not heard: Urban voice and citizenship for street traders

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Die ILO-Konvention: Gute Arbeit für HausarbeiterinnenLuXemburg: Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis

The English title of this German language article is “The ILO Convention Decent Work for Domestic Workers. More than a promise?”...