Asia & the Pacific

Case Study: Mrs Buala Kaen-kwang (Gem Cutting)

Footpath Ki Aawaz August 2 2014

In this issue:NASVI Executive Committee MeetingStreet Food InitiativeLegal CombatSurvey of Street VendorsUpcoming Events

Footpath Ki Aawaz, February 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).In this issue:Massive Protest by Street Vendors at all...

Autocapacitação para alcançar mercados: Didi Bahini Sewa Samaj. HomeNet, Nepal

A Didi Bahini Sewa Samaj apoia trabalhadores urbanos em domicílio através de treinamento, serviços de crédito e poupança e oportunidades...

Technology & the Future of Informal Work: Case Studies from India and South Africa

Presentation made by Martha Chen to the MIT Technology Evaluation Group on initial findings from on the “Technology & the Future...

VIDEO: Why a Waste Picker from Quito Is Fighting to be Included in The New Urban Agenda

By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Next City’s journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking...

WIEGO in the World: Asia

This document reviews WIEGO’s work in Asia, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building, and advocacy work.

Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

VIDEO: Poornima Chikarmane (India) – Of Users, Providers and the State: Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

VIDEO: The Green Force

Problems of Urban waste management and sustainable livelihood to waste-pickers through formal employment are like conjoined twins. Hasiru...