Region: India

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India

• April 19, 2018 - April 20, 2018

Universal Health Coverage as a Right of Informal Workers in India New Delhi, India Photo: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Image Reportage  In a collaboration...

National Consultation on Universal Health Care in India

• August 20, 2018 - August 21, 2018

The National Consultation on Universal Health Care (UHC) in India took place in New Delhi in August 2018. The workshop was organized by SEWA...

Global Strategic Workshop for Waste Pickers

• April 24, 2012 - April 30, 2012

  Waste pickers’ organizations from Africa, Latin America and Asia gathered in Pune, India for the First Global Strategic Workshop of Waste...

UN HLP Consultation: Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy at SEWA

• August 4, 2016 - August 5, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

The consultation “Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy” brought together members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

Panel on Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India

• December 22, 2016
• New Delhi, India

New Delhi, India The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) organized the panel “Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India:...

Celebrating Home-Based Workers

• March 20, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

Twenty Years and Time for Action Event Celebrating Home-Based Workers, an international event in March 2016, was organized by HomeNet South...

Five Must-reads on Including Street Vendors in Public Spaces

Street vendors are facing unprecedented challenges in cities across the globe, despite global development goals calling for more economically...

Working Poor Women are Redefining How to Achieve Gender Equality

For International Women’s Day, WIEGO is launching a month-long series to dive into the lives of women working in the informal economy. We...

In India, Pune’s Poorest Operate One of the World’s Most Cost-effective Waste Management Models

A Q&A with Lakshmi Narayan As cities across the globe struggle to find efficient, cost-effective ways to manage waste, the women waste...

Roma, galardonada y candidata a los Óscar y algunas lecturas imprescindibles sobre el trabajo del hogar

El próximo mes, sabremos si el conmovedor retrato del director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco sobre una trabajadora del hogar en México en los años...