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WIEGO is a global network of networks

For over 25 years, WIEGO has connected worker organizations with technical experts in research, statistics and development, to address the needs of their grass-roots worker base.

Institutional Members

Membership-based organizations of workers in informal employment that have been active in WIEGO are invited to become institutional members. They include international union federations, global and regional networks, and national unions and associations that represent domestic workers, street vendors and market traders, home-based workers, waste pickers and more.

National Organizations by Region

  • Africa

  • Asia & the Pacific

  • Europe & Central Asia

  • The Americas

Ligue pour le Droit de la Femme Congolaise (LDFC)

Tshatshi I, Kimbanseke, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo

Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG)

Ghana

Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinée (CNTG)

Kaloum, Conakry, Guinea

Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT)

Kenya

Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT)

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Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS)

Haile Selassie Road, Blantyre, Malawi

Associação da Economia Informal de Moçambique (AEIMO)

Cidade, 245 Avenida Olof Palme, Maputo, Mozambique

Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Sénégal (CNTS)

Senegal

Confédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Sénégal (CNTS)

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Le Syndicat des Vendeurs de Matériaux de Construction du Togo (SYVEMACOT)

Togo

Alliance for Zambian Informal Economy Associations (AZIEA)

David Mwila House, Kitwe, Zambia

Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA)

7 Beal Road, Harare, Zimbabwe

Labour at Informal Economy (LIE)

Block - A, Dhaka, Bangladesh

All India Federation of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA Bharat)

India

All India Federation of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA Bharat)

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Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

India

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP)

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Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

India

Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

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General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)

Nepal

General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)

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Pambansang Kalipunan ng mga Manggagawang Impormal sa Pilipinas (PATAMABA)

Philippines

Pambansang Kalipunan ng mga Manggagawang Impormal sa Pilipinas (PATAMABA)

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HomeNet Thailand

686/5 Soi Wuttaram 11/3, Nahmuang Rd., Khonkaen 40000 THAILAND

HomeNet Thailand was founded in 1999 as an NGO to support home-based workers across Thailand.

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Association of Home-Based Workers, Bulgaria (AHBW)

Bulgaria

Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP)

Argentina

Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP)

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Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

Brazil

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

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Sindicato de Trabajadores Independientes Ambulantes del Transporte y Anexos (SINTRALOC)

Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 1346, Lo Prado, Estación Central, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Asociación Nacional de Recicladores (ANR)

Colombia

Asociación Nacional de Recicladores (ANR)

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Red Nacional de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Autoempleadas (RENATTA)

Peru

Red Nacional de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Autoempleadas (RENATTA)

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Federación Única de Trabajadores No Dependientes de Venezuela (FUTRAND)

Los Cabos, Parroquia La Candelaria Municipio Libertador, Dtto. Capital  Código Postal 1010 Caracas Venezuela

Individual Members

Individual members of WIEGO are drawn from two constituencies:

  1. researchers, statisticians and academics who study the informal economy; and
  2. professionals in development agencies who work on issues related to the informal economy.

Individuals who have collaborated with us on research or programmatic work are invited to become members of WIEGO.

  • Samir Aita
    Tunisia, Professor of International Economics, PSL University of Paris Dauphine

    Nana Akua Anyidoho
    Ghana, University of Ghana

    Grace Bediako
    Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service

    Owusu Boampong
    Ghana, University of Cape Coast

    Chris Bonner
    South Africa, Independent Consultant

    Edith Essie Clarke
    Ghana, Ghana Health Service

    Thomas Coggin
    South Africa, University of the Witwatersrand

    Anisa Desai
    South Africa, Independent Consultant

    Richard Dobson
    South Africa, Asiye eTafuleni

    Francie Lund
    South Africa, Independent Consultant

    Masuma Mamdani
    Tanzania, Ifakara Health Institute

    Winnie Mitullah
    Kenya, University of Nairobi

    Patrick Ndlovu
    South Africa, Asiye eTafuleni

    Esther Ofei-Aboagye
    Ghana, Institute of Local Government Studies

    Bernard Outah Onyango
    Kenya, WFTO-Africa

    Sophie Plagerson
    South Africa, University of Johannesburg and Centre of Social Development in Africa

    Glen Robbins
    South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Melanie Samson
    South Africa, Independent Consultant

    William Steel
    Ghana, University of Ghana

    Dela Quarshie Twum
    Ghana, Independent Consultant

    Imraan Valodia
    South Africa, University of the Witwatersrand

    Robert Wanzusi Matukhu
    Uganda, Uganda Public Employees Union

    Phumzile Xulu
    South Africa, Independent Consultant

  • Gautam Bhan
    India, IIHS Bangalore City Campus

    Poornima Chikarmane
    India, Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University

    Donna Doane
    Thailand, Independent Consultant

    Luis Esleva
    Australia, La Trobe University

    Chandni Joshi
    Nepal, Independent Consultant

    Lucita Lazo
    Philippines, Independent Consultant

    Lin Lean Lim
    Malaysia, Independent Consultant

    Rakawin Leechanavanichphan
    Thailand, International Labour Organization

    Roopa Madhav
    India, National Law University Delhi

    Firoza Mehrotra
    India, HomeNet South Asia

    Santosh Mehrotra
    India, Planning Commission

    Jyoti Mhapsekar
    India, Stree Mukti Sanghtana

    Xizhe Peng
    China, Fudan University

    Kamala Sankaran
    India, University of Delhi

    Alakh Sharma
    India, Institute for Human Development

    Navsharan Singh
    India, International Development Research Centre

    Ratna Sudarshan
    India, Institute for Social Studies Trust

    Jeemol Unni
    India, Institute of Rural Management/Anand

    Margarita Guerrero
    Japan, Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

  • Uma Rani Amara
    Switzerland, International Labour Organization

    Florence Bonnet
    Switzerland, International Labour Organization

    Jan Breman
    Netherlands, International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam

    Barbro Budin
    France, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations

    Vanesa Castan Broto
    UK, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield

    Jacques Charmes
    France, Scientific Research Institute for Development

    Sarah Cook
    Italy, UNICEF Innocenti

    Debra Davis
    UK, Independent Consultant

    Diane Elson
    UK, University of Essex

    Simel Esim
    Switzerland, International Labour Organization

    Valeria Esquivel
    Switzerland, UNRISD

    Marzia Fontana
    UK, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

    Michael Frosch
    International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization

    Max Gallien
    UK, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

    Dan Gallin
    Switzerland, Global Labour Institute

    Barbara Harriss-White
    UK, Oxford University

    Naila Kabeer
    UK, London School of Economics

    Anna Marriott
    UK, Independent Consultant

    Kate Meagher
    UK, Development Practitioner

    Caroline Moser
    UK, University of Manchester

    Blagica Novkovska
    Macedonia, State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia

    Ruth Pearson
    UK, University of Leeds

    François Roubaud
    France, Institute of Research for Sustainable Development

    Ashwani Saith
    Netherlands, Institute of Social Studies

    Anne Scheinberg
    Netherlands, WASTE

    Hubert Schmitz
    UK, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

    Kunal Sen
    UK, University of Manchester

    Sally Smith
    UK, Independent Consultant

    Dave Spooner
    UK, Global Labour Institute

    Carol Wills
    UK, Independent Consultant

  • Rafael Blancas Chauca
    Peru, Independent Consultant

    Maria Eugenia Duque Daza
    Colombia, ANR, ARB

    Luciana Itikawa
    Brazil, University of Sao Paulo

    Francisco Perez-Lima
    Peru, Fudan University

    Mariana Prandini Assis
    Brazil, Federal University of Goiás

    Norma Sanchis
    Argentina, Asociación Civil Lola Mora

    Victor Tokman
    Chile, University of Chile

    Ricardo Valencia
    Colombia, CEMPRE

    Patricia Balda Valenzuela
    Peru, Independent Consultant

    Carmen Vildoso Chirinos
    Peru, Independent Consultant

  • Kaushik Basu
    USA, World Bank

    Lourdes Beneria
    USA, Cornell University

    Vanessa van den Boogaard
    Canada, International Centre for Tax and Development

    Elaine Bernard
    USA, Harvard Law School

    Nancy Chau
    USA, Cornell University

    Megan Corrarino
    USA, Independent Consultant

    Verónica Crossa
    Mexico, El Colegio de México

    Sukti Dhital
    USA, Robert and Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law

    Jennifer N. Fish
    USA, Old Dominion University

    Luis Fernando
    Mexico, Laboratorio para la Democracia

    Mary Goldsmith
    Mexico, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

    Sarah Gammage
    USA, International Center for Research on Women

    Caren Grown
    USA, World Bank

    James Heintz
    USA, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Jacqui MacDonald
    Canada, Independent Consultant

    Karen McCabe
    USA, Independent Consultant

    Carmelo Mesa-Lago
    USA, University of Pittsburgh

    Nidhi Mirani
    USA, Service Employees International Union

    Rodrigo Negrete
    Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía

    Ravi Kanbur
    USA, Cornell University

    Johanna Chao Kreilick
    USA, Open Society Foundations

    Pierella Paci
    USA, World Bank

    Mercedes Pedrero
    Mexico, Centro Regional de Investigaciones, Multidisciplinarias – UNAM

    Berenice P. Ramírez López
    Mexico, Institute of Economic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Shahra Razavi
    USA, UN Women

    Jennefer Sebstad
    USA, Independent Consultant

    Salem V. Sethuraman
    USA, Independent Consultant

    Silke Staab
    USA, UN Women

    Neil Tangri
    USA, Independent Consultant

    Jeffrey Vogt
    USA, Solidarity Center/ILAW Network

    Leah Vosko
    Canada, York University

    Leslie Vryenhoek
    Canada, Independent Consultant

    Jacqueline Wambui
    USA, International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network

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