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

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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...

globalrec

There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from...

Labour Cooperation Agreement Between India and Saudi Arabia

This labour agreement between India and Saudi Arabia, seeks to enhance cooperation on the recruitment of Domestic Service Workers, to promote...

Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handiling Rules), 2000

This document outlines the rules that apply to every municipal authority responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation,,...

Ep 4: Street vendors and the city

“Street Vendors and the city” is the fourth episode in a radio series on informal workers in Delhi, produced by WIEGO and originally...