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The issue features an article on law and the self-employed in India (see pp 133-150, Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases ), co-authored by Marty Chen, International Coordinator of WIEGO, and Kamala Sankaran and Roopa Madhav who coordinated the WIEGO project on Law and Informality...
This working paper draws on a rights-based perspective to explore the impact of law, regulation and policy on the informal economy with a focus on street vendors in Ahmedabad.
This is the second newsletter of WIEGO's Law Programme. The newsletter includes highlights from the Law Programme's work in Africa, Latin America and Asia. It also includes a section on WIEGO's perspective on legal and policy inclusion of informal workers, and global advocacy and norm change...
This document contains the 2002 Abuja Municipal Area Council's by-laws relating to the prohibition of street hawking, sanitation, restaurants and places of sale of food among others.
The by laws in this document were drafted based on Durban's Informal Economy Policy, and although they have never in fact been adopted by the municipality, they remain a good example of progressive street trading bylaws.
In South Africa, domestic workers are almost universally employed as individuals in private households (not in formal workplaces). They are frequently employed on a part-time basis, in many cases “informally” (without regard for legal requirements). Few institutions of labour law are applicable or...
Street vendors have few legal protections in South Africa. As they are not employees the basic rights of labour law do not apply to them even in a formal sense. This resource argues that the non-labour regulation under which they operate is often inappropriate to their situation and/or improperly...
WIEGO/IRGLUS book project – 2021-22 How do informal worker livelihoods interface with urban space, law, and the state in the globalized environment? Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanisation, Law, and Informal Work is a two-year edited book project by WIEGO and IRGLUS that explores this theme across...
WIEGO's Law Programme aims to challenge mainstream assumptions about law and informal workers -- namely that informal workers operate outside the law, or that their work is criminal -- at multiple levels. One important way we do this is by engaging in global agenda-setting processes. For example, in...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.