All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Stories/Case Studies
Tea Vending in India – Informal Economy and Urbanization
A personal account of a tea vendor, his family, and the Radisson Hotel in Ahmedabad.
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Audiovisual Materials
A Beijing Recycler’s Life
This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....
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Toolkits and Guides
TERRAVIVA: Informal Economy Street Vending in Asia
As described on the ILO website, this is “a special edition of the independent newspaper TERRAVIVA on an ILO theme seminar focusing...
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Toolkits and Guides
Chintan: No Child in Trash, Volume 1
On the first of this series of newsletters Chintan wrote “In this inaugural issue of our quarterly newsletter, some basic facts about...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Occupational Health & Safety of Informal Women Workers in India
Learn more about: WIEGO’s Occupational Health & Safety Project SEWA
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Toolkits and Guides
Footpath Ki Aawaz, September 2013
Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue: Street vendors campaign for passage of...
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External Blog Posts/Op Eds
Urb.im – Bangalore’s domestic workers have paved new pathways in gaining recognition and rights
This blog post about Bangalore’s domestic workers was written by WIEGO’s writer/editor, Carlin Carr.
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Legal Instruments
Home-Based Workers in India: Need for Protection under Law
In India, issues and rights of home-based workers have remained largely unaddressed in policies and programmes. Most of the labour laws are...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Shalini Sinha – Livelihoods and the New Urban Agenda
Shalini Sinha, Home-Based Workers Sector Specialist at WIEGO, speaks after a panel discussionon “Informal Livelihoods and Inclusive...
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Legal Instruments
Ministerial Regulation 14 Issued Under the Labour Protection Act, 1998
This ministerial regulation seeks to extend the protection provided to the employee engaged in domestic work for more coverage.
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