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Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey findings show that the majority of domestic workers earn a wage that is insufficient to cover their basic needs. This policy brief makes recommendations for...
Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey findings show that the majority of domestic workers earn a wage that is insufficient to cover their basic needs. This policy brief makes recommendations for...
WIEGO is joining the Global Day of Action for Care on 29 October 2020, calling on governments to invest in public health and care service as part of economic recovery plans to ensure job creation, fair wages, decent working conditions, and to close gender gaps in labour-force participation.
The purpose of this statement is to express the Waste Workers Occupational Safety and Health (WWOSH) Committee’s support for the recognition of waste pickers as essential service providers who make a major contribution to human and environmental health, and to call for urgent measures to reduce the...
A través de entrevistas y visita de observación se registró la situación de los recicladores en este vertedero tras la reubicación del mismo. Al igual que en otros contextos pesa sobre ellos la amenaza no verificada de cierre sin reubicación laboral alguna.
La démolition du bâtiment central du marché Sandaga, plusieurs fois annoncée et reportée, est prévue après la fête de l’Aid d’El Kébir, en fin juillet 2020. Durant sa réhabilitation, les marchand.e.s seront recasé.e.s au Champ de courses. Les travailleuse.eur.s adhérent au projet, mais certain.e.s s...
WIEGO’s Social Protection Director Laura Alfers joined a panel discussion as part of the WomenLift Health Gender & Power in COVID-19 Speakers Series. Look around you and see what reality your fellow people live in. That’s what’s going to get you the reputation of a good leader, if you pay attention...
April 28 is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The need to protect workers who provide essential services has never been greater. WIEGO offers these insights and shareable prevention and information resources.
Social distancing and staying home are real possibilities for middle-class office workers covered by social security. They are much less achievable for unprotected informal workers who fall between the cracks, excluded from formal work-related protections as well as from state social assistance...
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.