Building Collective Power

Collective Strength by Global Networks of the Urban Poor: Policy Implications of Affordable Housing and Co-development Strategies

Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that...

Wünsche für die Zukunft. Was ExpertInnen der ILO empfehlen

Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...

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

Informal Employment in the Transition Economy of Poland: The Case for Policies Leading to Legalization

God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

Urban Informal Workers: Representative Voice & Economic Rights

Background Paper for 2013 World Development Report on Jobs    

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

This book is organised around some of the key themes related to the organising of waste pickers and their integration into municipal waste...