Theme: Building Collective Power

Informalization from above, informalization from below: Options for organization

Organizing the ‘Unorganized’: Varieties of Transnational Trade Union Collaboration and Social Dialogue in Two Indian Cities

Special issue on labor in the global South

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...

The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association

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...

Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition

SEEDS, No. 18

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Collective Care Agreements in the Informal Labour Market: Road Transport Workers in Pakistan

WIEGO Research Project: Informal Workers’ Organizing

This paper provides an overview of informal workers’ own self-organization across a number of sectors. Findings highlight both the...