Theme: Urban Planning and Design

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Urban planning and design: laws, regulations, and the informal city

The website explains that “this discussion will consider how cities can use spatial planning as a means to social integration, and...

Regional Conference of City Authorities on Home-Based Workers

A Regional Conference of City Authorities on Home-based Workers was organized by HomeNet South Asia and HomeNet Thailand on 7-9 May 2014...

WIEGO Session – Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive Urban Planning

As part of the Urban Thinkers Campus, WIEGO is organizing a panel, titled Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive Urban Planning, that will include...

Women General Assembly of Informal Workers engages Minister of Gender in Ghana

• September 30, 2017

Accra, Ghana Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage    On September 30, 2017, members of informal workers’ associations of Accra joined...

Launch of the first payment to Popayan WP’s as providers of the public service of recycling

• September 29, 2017

Popayan, Colombia Photo by Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage  

Symposium: Labor Informality in Comparative Perspective

• April 19, 2018 - April 20, 2018

University Town, Penn State University, USA   The Symposium “Labor Informality in Comparative Perspective: Toward a More Just Future for...

12th Global Labour University Conference in New Delhi

• October 4, 2017 - October 6, 2017

New Delhi, India Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage

Platform of proposals for city elections in CDMX

• March 19, 2018 - March 22, 2018

Mexico City, Mexico A workshop with informal workers took place from March 19th to 22nd 2018, in Mexico City. One of the event’s main...

HNSEA Assembly and workshop in Bangkok

• October 9, 2017 - October 11, 2017

Bangkok, Thailand Photo:Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage The HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) Assembly and workshop in Bangkok took...