A year after the Street Vendor’s Act was passed in Parliament, hawkers are still being evicted and persecuted across the country. Implementation of the Act is severely lacking, and there is a need to make public discourse around entitlement to urban space more inclusive. In June, SHRAM featured Street Vending in India: Rights, Livelihoods and Policy Challenges, to explore some of these issues. In May, SHRAM partners celebrated Labour Day with a variety of awareness drives, lectures and campaigns. SHRAM published a report on occupational health risks incured by migrant labourers in Ghaziabad, and featured a range of fresh research on internal migration in Asia.

1. Street Vending in India: Rights, Livelihoods and Policy Challenges

SHRAM special feature on street vendors in India, featuring research on street vending in India, case studies on successful government initiatives, commentaries and policy analysis of street vending legislation in India.

2. Does Migration for Domestic Work Reduce Poverty? A Review of the Literature and an Agenda for Research
Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium

This review of published academic literature on internal and regional migration for domestic work shows a dearth of studies on internal migration for domestic work in South Asia and highlights the serious lack of attention paid to the impacts of migration for domestic work on poverty levels within families in source areas.