Theme: Building Collective Power

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Collective Care Agreements in the Informal Labour Market: Road Transport Workers in Pakistan

WIEGO Research Project: Informal Workers’ Organizing

This paper provides an overview of informal workers’ own self-organization across a number of sectors. Findings highlight both the...

Mapping of the Policy Context and Catadores Organizations in Maputo, Mozambique

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Women in the Informal Economy: Economic Actors and Global Leaders

Press ReleaseIn examining the role played by women from all walks of life, including farmers and informal sector workers, as well as business...

The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

Old Classes and New Spaces: Urban Poverty, Unorganised Labour and New UnionsEconomic and Political Weekly

Critical perspectives on globalisation acknowledge the need for mitigating the inegalitarian impact of marketisation upon disadvantaged sections...

Resumo dos principais achados – Cooperacao entre trabalhadores na economia informal: Um foco nos trabalhadores e trabalhadoras domiciliares e catadores e catadoras de material reciclavel

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...