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Audiovisual Materials
Ep 1: Who are the informal workers in the cities
In 2017, Focal Cities Delhi launched a campaign to change public perceptions about informal workers. We are hosting 13 episodes (each 15...
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Audiovisual Materials
Chintan: Counterbalance Video
Where waste picker Mohammad Nazir from Delhi explains how they earn less (because of less access to waste due to the new private company...
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Presentations
Job Mobility in India: Empirical Findings From Field Based Survey (Beijing presentation)
Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
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Presentations
Migration and Informality (Delhi presentation)
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
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Stories/Case Studies
The Journey of Varshaben: From Vegetable Vending to Video SEWA
Young women have few opportunities to break out of the roles they are traditionally expected to take on in their families and as workers....
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Audiovisual Materials
RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools
This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: SEWA’s Pioneering Role in Informal Worker Rights
Martha Chen, International Coordinator of the WIEGO network, speaks about the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), “the...
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Legal Instruments
ILO Fact Sheet on Domestic Workers’ Rights in Thailand
Fact sheet on domestic workers rights’ under Ministerial Regulation No. 14.
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Legal Instruments
The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental...
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Stories/Case Studies
Empowering Home-based Workers in India
Led by SEWA Bharat as part of its mandate to develop new SEWAs, SEWA Delhi started its efforts in 1999 by organizing women vegetable vendors...
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