Theme: Livelihoods

Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City

Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...

Urban Livelihoods: Reviewing the Evidence in Support of the New Urban Agenda

The New Urban Agenda, the 20-year strategy on sustainable urbanization, was formally adopted by over 160 countries at the United Nations...

Cooperatives and Unions: Joint Action for Informal Workers

Abstract: This article discusses the possibilities of building networks between trade unions and cooperatives operating in the informal economy....

Continuing gender stereotypes or signs of change: Occupational pattern of women workers

Organizing informal workers in the urban economy: The case of the construction industry in Dar es Salaam

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Women workers and precarious employment in Shenzen Special Economic Zone, China

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Reflections on Recent Approaches to Tackle Informality

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India