Theme: Urban Planning and Design

Street Vendors and Right to the City Workshop

• December 7, 2017

Bangkok, Thailand Photo by: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage HomeNet Thailand and WIEGO hosted the Street Vendors and Right to the...

International Day of Cooperatives: Cooperation among workers in the informal economy

• July 3, 2017

Geneva, Switzerland In order to mark the celebrations of the International Day of Cooperatives (July 1st), the ILO hosted the seminar “Cooperation...

Informal Workers’ Narratives in Delhi

• January 14, 2018 - January 18, 2018

“We make the city, what does the city do for us?” Hosted by Working Peoples’ Charter (WPC), and co-curated by Alliance...

Photo Exhibit: “Waste Pickers, Living Matters in Waste: Portraits of Invisibility”

• May 2, 2017 - May 20, 2017

Criciúma, BrazilPhoto: Luis Afonso dos Santos/Coleta Seletiva Solidária 

African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference

• February 1, 2018 - February 3, 2018

Cape Town, South AfricaPhoto by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage 

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

Urban Policies: Past Activities

En un barrio de Nueva York, contra la voluntad de la mayoría, los ricos expulsan a las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes

El carrito de barbacoa de Lin solía ser un negocio popular en el centro de Flushing, un barrio próspero en Queens, Nueva York, con una población...