Theme: Profiles/Workers’ Stories

Organizando a Indústria da Paciência: Perfil de uma Trabalhadora Doméstica em Maputo, Moçambique

Martha Chen interview with alma mater Connecticut College

Connecticut College interviews two alumnae: Marty Chen, International Coordinator of WIEGO, and her mother, Barbara “Barry” Beach...

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa

Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...

Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

Impact Stories

These stories illustrate some successes that the WIEGO Network and its partners have achieved in helping informal workers access their rights...

Bogota Recycler Nohra Padilla Praised on World Stage

Introduction:  Nohra Padilla was waste picking on a dump in Colombia by the time she was seven years old. On April 15, 2013, her activism...

Global Recession Impact: Personal Stories from Informal Workers

Uncertain Times The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of...

Elba Rojas, Street Vendor in Lima, Peru

(Lima, November 2013) For 25 years, Elba Rojas has sold chilis in Lima’s thriving wholesale market, La Parada. She says selling fresh produce...

Urban Renewal, Heritage Sites & Urban Livelihoods: Devi-Ben, Street Vendor

These are the reflections of Marty Chen, WIEGO’s International Coordinator, following an Exposure-Dialogue Programme held January 27-February...