India

Episode 12

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

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...

Poverty and Inequality and Relationship to Informality in India

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

The Parivartan Slum Upgradation Programme

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

Women, Work and Poverty conference report

Short report on the policy conference on homebased workers in South Asia co-organized by SEWA and UNIFEM entitled “Women, Work and...

IEMS: Recherche-Action Porteuse et Résultats Concrets

SLIDESHOW with AUDIO: Chindhiwalli Women

This talking album, Chindhiwalli Women: A community of migrant women barters old clothes for utensils in Mumbai, was created by Dipti Bapat, ...

SWaCH

This is the website for SWaCH. “SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune)...

VIDEO: Improving Wastepickers’ Lives in Bengaluru – Hasiru Dala Innovations

Bangalore was once known as a green city, but of recent times it has become known as a garbage city. Enter, Hasiru Dala Innovations, which...

SEWA Bharat and Street Vendors in Delhi

As a livelihood, street vending is a viscious trap of poverty, especially for women workers. It is indicative of low income, physical strain,...