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  • Choral Mauladia poses near her cart where she sells vegetables at a local market Post
    Access to Public Space

    India’s Street Vendor Protection Act: Good on Paper But Is It Working?

    India’s Street Vendor Protection Act was enacted after a long struggle and is widely lauded, yet a close look nearly a decade later shows...

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  • Malika, one of Dakar’s 19 communes d’arrondissement (administrative divisions), on 10 December 2021. Post
    Building Collective Power

    Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?

    Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...

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  • Renu at her stall in Bangkok, Thailand, before the pandemic, in 2015 Worker Story

    Renu, a Vendor Leader in Bangkok, Thailand

    ภาษาไทย   Renu is the leader of the Muubaan Nakila Service Cooperative, which is active in her housing estate in Bangkok. Along with other...

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  • Kayayei carry a load full of goods on their heads at Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Worker Story

    Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

    Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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  • Research Reports

    Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

    This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

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    Access to Public Space

    WIEGO Statement: WIEGO calls for an end to forced evictions of informal workers in Accra

    WIEGO joins the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) to call upon the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in Accra, Ghana to immediately...

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  • Street vendor Kwa Mashu, Durban Technical Briefs

    Inclusive Public Space Planning & Design: Lessons from Asiye eTafuleni, Durban, South Africa.

    This document reflects on the work of Asiye eTafuleni, a non-profit organization operating out of inner-city Durban, South Africa. Asiye...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

    This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...

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  • Research Reports

    Making home-based work environments safer, healthier and productive: Case Study (2)

    This brief is a part of WIEGO’s documentation of Mahila Housing SEWA Trust’s (MHT) work to capture insights on their work that has...

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