Building Collective Power

Informal Economy and Trade Unions in Germany

Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.

Informal Labour in India and Indonesia: Surmounting organizing barriersLabour, Capital and Society

Abstract: A key aspect of facilitating a transformation to a more just and equitable society should be the facilitation of decent work, through...

Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective

Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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Mapping of Waste Pickers and Organizations Supporting Waste Pickers in Kenya

Report commissioned by WIEGO

Forces for Change: Informal Economy Organisations in Africa

Informal workers in Kenya and transnational organizing: Networking and leveraging resources

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A Spreading Banyan Tree: the Self-Employed Women’s Association, India