Theme: Building Collective Power

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...

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...

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

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Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005

Decent work, decent life for domestic workers ITUC

Street vending in urban India: The struggle for recognition

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Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

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

Waste Pickers: A Gendered Perspective

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges” is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships...

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...