Building Collective Power

Laws, Legitimacy and Ongoing Struggle: Lessons from Bolivian Policies on Domestic Workers’ Rights

This Policy Brief explores domestic worker struggles in Bolivia.  It concentrates on laws and policies applied by the government of Evo Morales...

Building Inclusive Cities: Highlights from the Inclusive Cities Project

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...

SEWU and Sikhula Tips on Organising Informal Workers

Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines

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Respect, rights and recognition: Domestic work and the ILO Standard Setting Process 2010-2011

Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study

In 2008, WIEGO initiated the Law and Informal Economy project, focusing on the legal aspects of helping informal workers with economic opportunity,...

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

 This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

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...

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...