Legal Empowerment

Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques

Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...

Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers

On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...

Law Project in 5 Countries

Membership-Based Organizations – The Heart of the Law & Informality Project In 2006 WIEGO instituted a global project on Law and...

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

Informal Economic Strategies: Advocacy For Street Vendors In Brazil

This paper is an introduction to informal labor; the politico-territorial characteristics of street vendor commerce in the city of Sao Paolo;...

The Diffusion of Rights: From Law on the Books to Organizational Rights Practices

Toward a Decent Work Regime for Informal Employment in Ghana: Some Preliminary Considerations

Introduction: Labor Law and Development-Perspectives on Labor Regulation in Africa and the African DiasporaComparative Labor Law and Policy Journal

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.