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The survey on which this Resource Document is based shows that, for many people in the New York City neighbourhood of Flushing, a good neighbourhood with welcoming public spaces is one that includes street vendors. The research approach used here can serve as an example for activists and advocates...
African migration—its drivers, dynamics, and consequences—increasingly features in European and global policy debates. Through an examination of existing data, this report argues there are few reasons to expect dramatic changes in migration within and from sub-Saharan Africa. In coming years...
10th Anniversary Dialogues on Human Rights and Legal Pluralism: Migration & Transnational Labour, with Adelle Blackett and François Crépeau
Mean Streets, edited by ACC partners Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda and Caroline Skinner, demonstrates powerfully that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the South African informal economy are migrants and refugees. Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into their hands when they...
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America. Domestic work is mostly, but not exclusively, performed by women and increasingly by migrants. Female domestic workers are concentrated in cleaning, cooking, and child care while male...
An ILO-INDISCO Study in collaboration with Jobs for Africa (JFA)
Español Français Zarina is a home-based worker. She lives in Savda Ghevra, a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Delhi, where she is one of the many home-based workers in the community. She has worked as a tailor out of her home for decades, making gowns and coats for hospitals on order, as well...
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.