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This Platform contains a list of proposals and demands to move towards guaranteeing the rights of informal workers. This document can also be read in Spanish .
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.
This document is for street vendors and their organizations. It is meant to help readers to: - Think: Reflect about what it means to be a street vendor working in public space, the contributions you make and the challenges you face. - Get informed: Learn more about the purpose of regulations, what...
This 2018 pamphlet highlights the challenges that reclaimers in Johanneburg, South Africa face - and stresses how residents can help.
This comic illustrates the need to consider livelihoods and bring waste pickers to the table when closing dumpsites. Designed by Pauline Conley, it serves to accompany WIEGO's Position Paper on Dump Closures .
This policy brief, created in concert with urban specialists, uses an urban systems perspective to consider: - the role of street vending for Bangkok’s economy and urban system, and impacts on these when it is eliminated; - lessons from vending management in cities around the world; and -...
This booklet was designed for informal workers (especially street vendors and waste pickers) who work in public space in South Africa. It provides an introduction to administrative law, as a tool that workers can use to challenge discriminatory actions and decisions by municipal officials. Use this...
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.