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Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa, recently published an article entitled "Accumulation by Dispossession and the Informal Economy: Struggles Over Knowledge, Waste and Being at a Soweto Garbage Dump" in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space...
In August, 2015 in Durban, South Africa, WIEGO facilitated a planning, evaluation, and leadership workshop for SASEWA leadership and 17 home-based worker members. The workshop focused on evaluating SASEWA’s organizational plans, reflecting on organizing lessons learned, enhancing leadership skills...
This impact case study summary gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO's Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban's Warwick Junction market. Read the full case study .
This impact case study gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO's Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban's Warwick Junction market. Read a short summary of the case here.
Las discusiones sobre las desigualdades de salud se centran a menudo en los obstáculos que los pobres enfrentan en lo que concierne al acceso a los servicios de salud. Esto es, sin duda, un aspecto importante en el debate sobre la provisión de estos servicios. Sin embargo, lo que se ignora con...
Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an important aspect of the debate on health service provision. What is often missed, however, is the fact that many poor people are also workers, particularly...
This 10-minute video by WIEGO and partners, Asiye eTafuleni(AeT) in South Africa; HomeNet Thailand; and the Self-Employed Women's Association in India tells the stories of informal workers and the difficulties they face in accessing health services in their respective countries. It also presents...
In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO). Dickinson's related working paper is also available.
The goal of the Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop was to determine the future direction of WIEGO's Child Care Initiative. Through this initiative WIEGO hoped to raise the visibility of childcare as an essential component of social protection for informal workers and to better understand the...
Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades. This brief considers informal cross-border couriers from Zimbabwe, who operate between Zimbabwe and South Africa. It considers the origins of their occupation, their...
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.