Building Collective Power

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...

La certificación de competencias laborales

Este documento discute el proceso para la certificación de competencias laborales usado en Colombia y el papel que WIEGO desempeña en apoyo...

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...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

The following document describes the work of the SEWA’s community workers. This Workers’ Lives essay offers an intimate look at those...

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

Abstract:

Organization, Regulation and Exploitation in the So-Called ‘Urban Informal Sector’