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The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And how can the urban environment and its resources be re-imagined in such a way that cities and human settlements are able to perform their “social function”? This...
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...
Pepenadores, recicladores, cartoneros, recuperadores, recolectores, waste pickers, récupérateurs, biffins, canners son algunos de los nombres que se usan en varias partes del mundo para denotar a los millones de mujeres y hombres que obtienen sus medios de sustento de la recuperación de materiales...
The Discussion Paper opens with a brief overview of academic discourse and policy debates on public space. Section II presents recent statistical data and research findings on the size and composition of the urban informal workforce. Section III details the exclusionary practices of many cities...
This World Resources Institute (WRI) paper examines the challenges facing the world’s urban informal workers and the barriers that exclusionary cities pose to informal livelihoods. This is the fourth paper in WRI’s flagship World Resources Report, “Towards a More Equal City.” Through a focus on home...
Lissette Aliaga Linares, a WIEGO member, compares the approaches to regulating street trade in Lima & Bogota in this paper.
"The New Urban Agenda: Prospects and Challenges has been published with the objective of moving forward conversations on a few ideas, priorities and directions embodied in the New Urban Agenda. While the choices represented by this publication do not reflect the sole importance of the issues chosen...
Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support them adequately. Many informal workers operate within complex regulatory regimes, which are typically inconsistent, vague, and enforced by state officials in ways...
This document was prepared as part of WIEGO's participation in the Habitat III process. It details WIEGO's stance on public space. Subsequently, WIEGO commenced a project with Cities Alliance on Public Space for All .
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.