Region: The Americas

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...

VIDEO: Should the City of Los Angeles Legalize Street Vending?

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized...

Ordinance Pertaining to the Regulation of Temporary Vendors Permits in the City of Brookings

This document outlines the ordinacnes that pertain to the regulation of temporary vendor permits.

Cooperatives in Uruguay

Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQJMbJ6_HM

Encuesta Nacional sobre Condiciones de Vida ENCOVI-2000

Taller de Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina (OIT/WIEGO)

Bolivia 5th country to Ratify Domestic Workers Convention C189

Video describing the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, C189, in Bolivia, April 2013. This video is in Spanish with English...

VIDEO: Federico Parra (Colombia) – Recognition of the ‘Recicladores’ as Public Managers of Waste in Colombia

The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

WIEGO’s Focal Cities Work in Lima

Implementing several of WIEGO’s initiatives in two cities – Lima, capital of Peru, in South America, and Accra, capital of Ghana,...

Resolución de Superintendencia No 245-2008/SUNAT: Facilitan la declaración y/o pago de las contribuciones a la seguridad social de los empleadores de trabajadores del hogar.

Summary of Legal Framework on Street Vendors in Peru

Summary of materials related to the legal framework for street vendors.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...