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Supermarkets have spread rapidly across the Global South, but what implications does this growth have on informal food retailers and the food security of low-income households? For over 10 years, the African Centre for Cities (ACC), at the University of Cape Town, has worked on urban food security...
The WIEGO Urban Policies Team analyzed news articles on street vendors from six continents over the past 18 months to gain a better understanding of how these informal workers are — or, more precisely, “aren’t” — being incorporated into 21st-century cities. A troubling portrait emerged of widespread...
A Q&A with Taylor Cass Talbott It’s hard to miss the shocking images of heaping plastic floating in the middle of the world’s oceans on the covers of magazines and on the evening news. The photos and reports have raised alarm bells with both citizens and policymakers alike. The ocean plastic waste...
The addition of a new category “dependent contractor” in the status in employment classification of labour statistics should lead to better data and thus better national policies to benefit homeworkers: that is, sub-contracted home-based workers who are neither fully independent self-employed nor...
L’ajout d’une nouvelle catégorie « non-salarié dépendant » dans la Classification internationale des statuts d’emploi (CISE-18), en termes de statistiques du travail, devrait conduire à de meilleures données et donc à de meilleures politiques nationales en faveur des travailleurs à domicile, c’est-à...
La inclusión de la nueva categoría “contratista dependiente” en la clasificación de la situación en la ocupación dentro de las estadísticas del trabajo debería aportar mejores datos, y por ende conducir a mejores políticas nacionales que beneficien a las personas trabajadoras a domicilio...
As global inequality rises in many places around the world, creating more inclusive cities comes with increasing challenges. Informal workers know these challenges all too well as they struggle to earn livable incomes often without legal and social protections. Evidence shows that supporting...
Public space provides a window into the soul of a city. It is where collective urban life plays out — cycling to work, playing in a park, enjoying hot food from a street corner, performing music for a tip, coming together in celebration or resistance. This diversity of activity can make public...
Modernization in cities is meant to ease the commute for workers and offer convenience — to make lives easier. But too often, it’s the poorest urban workers who pay the price for change. Just after 4 a.m., Lima is asleep, streets nearly empty and sidewalks deserted except for a few women in...
La modernización en las ciudades sirve para facilitar el desplazamiento de los trabajadores y aportar comodidades, para hacer la vida más fácil. Sin embargo, muy a menudo, son las trabajadoras y trabajadores urbanos pobres los que pagan el precio de estos cambios. Por Leslie Vryenhoek con notas de...
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.