Livelihoods

Nuevas categorías de empleo de la OIT: Un gran paso adelante para los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal

Por Leslie Vryenhoek WIEGO está celebrando los grandes cambios en la Clasificación Internacional de la Situación en el Empleo (CISE). Además...

Q&A: WIEGO’s New Urban Policies Director Talks Migration, 21st-century Cities and What Inspires Her Research

This week, we sit down with WIEGO’s new Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, to learn more about her background and...

Senegal’s Dump Upgrading Doesn’t Have to Displace Waste Pickers

The theme of World Habitat Day 2018 is municipal solid waste management and creating “waste wise cities.” In this article, WIEGO’s Waste...

Bangkok’s renowned street vendors march against evictions – and rally widespread support

By Chidchanok Samantrakul and Sarah Orleans Reed After relentless evictions against their livelihoods, on 4th September 2018, Bangkok street...

Can Waste Pickers Help Solve Delhi’s Towering Trash Problem?

With Avi Singh Majithia Delhi’s Qutub Minar, the tallest minaret in the world, rises high above many of the capital city’s landmarks, but...

Waste has Worth — and So Do the Women Working to Collect It

A step-by-step guide to building empowerment among women waste pickers By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando Women across the globe share...

Partnering with Street Vendors Led One Indian City to Model a Way Forward

Bhubaneshwar, India, provides a unique model for integrating street vendors into cities’ future plans. Through a highly collaborative and...

Informal workers and taxes: What “tax justice” looks like from below

A growing tax justice movement has been exposing the shadowy ways in which elites and large trans-national corporations often avoid paying...

“Tomorrow is Ours”: India’s Informal Workers Declare in New Radio Programme

For 13 weeks, in 2017, the unthinkable happened for informal workers: they captivated audiences across Northern India by bringing the public...

Planeta Verde: cooperativa colombiana revoluciona la recolección de residuos