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Research Reports
Organizing Informal Women Workers
Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:
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Research Reports
Organizing in South Africa’s Informal Economy: An Overview of Four Sectoral Case Studies
In Focus Programme, Series on Representation and Organization Building. Working Paper, No. 60
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Books & Book Chapters
Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade
This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...
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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...
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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...
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Organizing Briefs
Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies
This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...
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Journal Articles
Planning and the Self-Organization of MarketplacesJournal of Planning Education and Research
The number of marketplaces in the United States is growing rapidly. This growth belies the long history of marketplaces and signals their...
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Research Reports
Extending Labor Standards to Informal Workers at the Base of Global Garment Value Chains: New Institutions in the Labor Market
This report presents three examples of emerging institutional arrangements in the labor market from the perspective of the author who works...
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City/Country Level Reports
Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India
Abstract:
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Research Reports
Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work
Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...
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