Organization and Representation Programme

A Experiência de Advocacy no caso dos Trabalhadores Ambulantes em São Paulo

Este sumário, disponível em português, faz uma reflexão sobre o processo jurídico que contestou e acabou por derrubar uma proibição da Câmara...

Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition

SEEDS, No. 18

Waste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to Consider

This Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based...

We are Poor but So Many: The Story of Self-Employed Women in India

Informal Economy and Trade Unions in Germany

Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.

Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004

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Informelle Ökonomie und Gewerkschaften in Deutschland

Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.Read this article in German or English.

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Challenges and Experiences in Organizing Home-Based Workers in Bulgaria

The Home-Based Workers’ Association in Bulgaria is an extraordinary example of how informal women workers have managed to build a strong...

Reclaiming Livelihoods: The Role of Reclaimers in Municipal Waste Management Systems