Urban Planning and Design

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...

Women Employment in Latin America workshop in Paris

• May 31, 2018

Paris, France Photo by: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage Organized by the French Development Agency (AFD), the Women Employment in Latin...

Dialogue on Informal Work, Urban Policies and Mobilization in Mexico City

• August 17, 2017

Mexico City, MexicoThe Shoe Shiners Union of Mexico City convened WIEGO Focal City Coordinator Tania Espinosa, legal expert Clara Jusidman...

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...

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...

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...

Dans un quartier de New York, contre la volonté de la plupart des résidents, les riches expulsent les vendeuses et vendeurs de rue

La charrette à grillades de Lin était autrefois une activité très achalandée au centre-ville de Flushing, un quartier prospère et à prédominance...

In a New York neighborhood, it’s the rich pushing out street vendors, not the majority

“Lin’s” BBQ cart was once a busy operation in the center of downtown Flushing, a prosperous and predominately East Asian neighborhood in...