All posts in Building Collective Power
-
Organizing Briefs
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru
Street vendors have occupied public space in central Lima since the colonial period, and the first recorded attempt to regulate street trade...
Read More -
Organizing Briefs
Street Vendors Organising: The Case of the Women’s Network (Red de Mujeres), Lima, Peru
This Briefing Note describes the background, objectives, activities and achievements of the Women’s Network as an example of better practice...
Read More -
Books & Book Chapters
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...
Read More -
Journal Articles
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...
Read More -
Organizing Briefs
The Mobilization of Bolivian Domestic Workers
This brief describes the mobilization of domestic workers in Bolivia focusing particularly on the campaign that led to the approval of the...
Read More -
Journal Articles
Reshaping the social contract: emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India
Abstract: This article focuses on informal construction and bidi (local tobacco) workers in India. Informal workers in these sectors can...
Read More -
Research Reports
Supporting Workers in the Informal Economy: A Policy Framework
Paper Prepared for ILO Task Force on the Informal Economy
Read More -
Research Reports
Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities
Abstract:
Read More -
Research Reports
Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines
Abstract:
Read More -
Research Reports
Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.
Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...
Read More