India

Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

How Universal Health Coverage Reaches the World’s Poorest: Community Health Workers

Pushpa Rathod’s work days are unpredictable. On any given day, she may be talking to adolescents about their health, counseling women working...

“I, Too, am Delhi”: People’s Campaign Calls for Inclusion in Indian Capital’s Master Plan

India’s capital city is preparing its roadmap for the future – a new master planning document that sets out the vision for Delhi for two...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Women in the Indian Informal Economy: Collective Strategies for Work Life Improvement and Development

Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad, India

A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad’s busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing...