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Collective Bargaining March 20, 2024Street Vendors Organize Against Evictions in Dakar
Dakar’s street vendors have united in the PASI platform to assert their rights and propose alternative solutions to the evictions and relocations...
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Resource Documents
New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the KAMBE Savings and Credit Cooperative in Uganda
The experience of the KAMBE SACCO highlights the importance of savings as a safety net for workers in informal employment in times of emergency....
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
MBO Newsletter – March 2024
Achieving gender balance and democratic leadership for all workers in informal employment is the focus of this MBO Newsletter. Many questions...
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Building Collective Power February 28, 2024Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?
The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward...
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Building Collective Power February 15, 2024Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible
Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...
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Building Collective Power February 01, 2024India’s KKPKP Fights for Waste Pickers Rights
Aditya Vyas, Treasurer for the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), talks about the victories of the waste pickers in Pune and...
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Advocacy Materials
Chains and Challenges: Craft Supply Chains in Africa
Because crafts are such an important source of work and income for home‑based workers in Africa, HomeNet Africa, in partnership with WIEGO,...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
MBO Newsletter – November 2023
In this edition, we look at how climate change impacts people who live and work in poor communities. We also discuss Just Transition – what...
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Collective Bargaining October 23, 2023Financing Social Protection – Lessons from Gig Workers in India
A new scheme for financing social protection for gig workers in Rajasthan, India, could provide lessons for other informal economy workers....
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Building Collective Power July 17, 2023Bokk Diom Mobilizes Against Partial Closure of Mbeubeuss Dumpsite in Dakar
The Association of Waste Pickers Bokk Diom demands that Senegal’s government keeps its promises of inclusion as the closure of West Africa’s...
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