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Supporting Inclusive Public Space for Informal Workers: A Toolkit Launch by Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

February 15, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Please join the PSRG for the launch of WIEGO’s new Supporting Inclusive Public Space for Informal Workers: Toolkit for Local Authorities [wiego.org]. The Toolkit explores inclusive approaches to managing public space that considers the livelihood activities and needs of the urban informal work force.

Join us in person at The Graduate Center, CUNY (Rm 6304.01) or remotely, by registering for the webinar (more information about registration will be available soon).

 

Informal workers make up 61% of the total global labor force, and 44% of all workers in urban areas [wiego.org]. Jenna Harvey and Sarah Reed will provide an overview of the roles played by informal labor in urban economies and public space, and outline why local governments should make policies and institutionalize governance systems that enhance these benefits.

They will introduce resources for achieving this objective: tools for data collection, considerations for regulatory system design, and principles for long-term management through participatory governance. The toolkit focuses on street vendors, since available data suggests that street vendors are the largest worker group whose livelihood depends on access to public space in many countries worldwide.

 

We will also hear commentary from Dr. Setha Low, Director of Public Space Research Group at CUNY and renowned scholar of public space, and Matthew Shapiro, Legal Director for the Street Vendor Project, a membership-based organization representing New York City’s street vendors.

There will be time for question and answer with all of the presenters.

 

*WIEGO is a global network of member-based organizations of informal workers, researchers and development professionals that promotes the voice, visibility, and validity of the working poor.

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Date:
February 15, 2019
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Website:
http://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/publications/files/Public%20Space%20Toolkit.pdf

Organizers

The Public Space Research Group
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO)

Venue

The Graduate Center, CUNY. Room 6304.01
365 fifth street
New York, NY 10016-4309 United States
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