Region: India

Ghazipur Landfill Waste Pickers New Delhi

Shows the working conditions of waste pickers in one of New Delhi’s major landfills.

2009 Public Interest Litigation to Appoint a Committee for the Development of a National Framework for Waste Pickers

Footpath Ki Aawaz, February 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).In this issue:Massive Protest by Street Vendors at all...

Technology & the Future of Informal Work: Case Studies from India and South Africa

Presentation made by Martha Chen to the MIT Technology Evaluation Group on initial findings from on the “Technology & the Future...

VIDEO: Indira Explains How ID Cards Improve Waste Picker Work Conditions

Indira, a waste picker with Hasiru Dala in Bangalore, India explains how occupational identification cards have helped workers at the Expert...

Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015

This document outlines rules and regulations for the management of solid waste, except for demolition and construction management waste. ...

The Street Vendors Act, 2014

An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending, activities and for matters connected therewith.

Episode 8

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

Social Protection in India: Issues and Challenges (Beijing presentation)

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

Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India (OEHNI)

Proposed at the World Social Forum in 2004 and officially formed at a National Consultation meeting in 2006, OEHNI is a network of victims...