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The rights of “everyone” or “every worker” laid down in international law should be the bedrock for building more inclusive cities. Realizing health and safety in public workplaces will require the provision and maintenance of physical and other infrastructure. Street and market vendors need...
In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Mexico discussed the living and working conditions of informal workers, policy frameworks and possible pathways for defending informal workers’ right to...
This case study documents the history of the struggle by street vendors, with SEWA’s support, to retain their right to vend – and their natural market – in Bhadra Chowk, Ahmedabad, India.
This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. These five groups (domestic workers, market traders, street vendors, home-based workers and waste pickers) accounted for almost 14 million workers nationally in...
This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal workers. It examines how planning laws, processes, instruments, and practices in Delhi and Bangalore impact informal livelihoods and the scope they present...
This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted with domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and market traders, and waste pickers in mid-2020 and then...
The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their pre-pandemic levels.
India’s Street Vendor Protection Act was enacted after a long struggle and is widely lauded, yet a close look nearly a decade later shows its implementation is far from exemplary.
110th Session of the International Labour Conference Global Position Paper: English, French, Spanish and Russian Global Position Paper (long version): English, French, Spanish and Russian In June 2022, the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held in a hybrid format...
The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers still face and that have accumulated during the pandemic.
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.