Region: Asia & the Pacific

From Waste Pickers to University Graduates in One Generation: the Story of the More Family

VIDEO: Indira Explains How ID Cards Improve Waste Picker Work Conditions

Indira, a waste picker with Hasiru Dala in Bangalore, India explains how occupational identification cards have helped workers at the Expert...

Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015

This document outlines rules and regulations for the management of solid waste, except for demolition and construction management waste. ...

The Street Vendors Act, 2014

An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending, activities and for matters connected therewith.

Episode 8

This is the eighth episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally aired on FM Rainbow.

Creating Quality Jobs in China

Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Women in China Urban Labor Market

Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Provide a Better Service, the Rest Will Follow: SWaCH PCMC Brings Waste Pickers into Mainstream

In Pune, KKPKP (the waste pickers’ union) has fought long and hard to bring about a gradual change in peoples’ attitude towards waste pickers....

The Toughest Place to be a Binman – Jakarta

London bin man Wilbur Ramirez struggles on his first day working in Jakarta, in the Toughest Place to be a Binman. The program was broadcast...

Karmika School for Construction Workers

According to SEWA, “SEWA decided to set up  Karmika School for Construction Workers (KSCW) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2003 with the objective...