Region: India

Informal Labour in India and Indonesia: Surmounting organizing barriersLabour, Capital and Society

Abstract: A key aspect of facilitating a transformation to a more just and equitable society should be the facilitation of decent work, through...

IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly

A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties...

Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City

Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...

Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators

Abstract: In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network...

Organising the Unorganised: A Case Study of the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers)

WIEGO.

Graduation Speech at Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA and a founding member of WIEGO, was the speaker at the graduation for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She...

SEWA Newsletter No. 43

Contents:           Crux from the speech given by Ilaben Bhat at Georgetown University USA     Land Acquisition Problems of Urban Poor    ...

Case Study: Mrs Fatimah Yiha ( Hijab Embroidery)

Footpath Ki Aawaz, January 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI). In this issue:Street Food Fest concludesStreet Vendors...

Footpath Ki Aawaz, December 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).In this issue:Street Food FestivalStreet Vendor NewsSocial...