WIEGO Blog

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

Federico Parra, Renata Farías

4 July 2024

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they lack productivity. Improving working conditions and people’s well-being favour productivity – not the other way around.

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Cuatro lecciones del proceso participativo de Tailandia para obtener cobertura sanitaria universal

Laura Alfers, Francie Lund

9 December 2015

Por Laura Alfers y Francie Lund

Livelihoods

Pope Francis, the environment, and waste pickers

Tania Espinosa Sánchez

9 December 2015

By Tania Espinosa Sánchez

Pope Francis has made the environment and the poor a top priority since assuming his massively influential position as head of the Catholic Church. Yet the leader’s focus is not new; he has been working to bring more dignity to the lives of the world’s invisible workers, especially waste pickers, for many years.

Livelihoods

How a New Kind of “Modern” Urban Development Can Include Street Vendors

Victoria Okoye

11 November 2015

By Victoria Okoye, Urban Advocacy Specialist, WIEGO

Livelihoods

Cómo un nuevo tipo de desarrollo urbano "moderno" puede incluir a los vendedores ambulantes

Victoria Okoye

11 November 2015

Por Victoria Okoye

Livelihoods

Tunisia Leads the Way: Peaceful Dialogues After the Arab Spring

10 November 2015

By Ela Bhatt

Gandhian Activist
Founder, Self-Employed Women’s Association
Founding Chair, WIEGO Network

The news that a trade union and its partners in the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia had been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize was heartening for all of us who believe in peaceful political processes to advance social and economic justice.

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