Building Collective Power

The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...

Ngalo Buwereza Organization (NBO) National Workshop

• February 5, 2023 - February 7, 2023
• Kampala Kolping Hotel
  Kampala, Uganda

Date: Monday, 5 February, 2023Duration: 2 days

Future opportunities and challenges for the Social and Solidarity Economy following the 2022 ILO “General Discussion” and its Action Plan

• February 23, 2023
• Online

Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2023Time: 8.00 EST / 14.00 CETDuration: 2 hoursLanguage: English, Spanish, French and Russian (interpretation...

At World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation Awards WIEGO as Social Innovator of the Year 2023

The Social Innovation Awards recognize leaders, and social and environmental change initiatives that have the potential to respond to the...

From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid

Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...

Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond

In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...

The Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...

Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City

Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City  WIEGO organized a dialogue on economic recovery for the informal...

Recognition and Respect Could Change Street Vendors’ Lives

In this interview, StreetNet International Coordinator Oksana Abboud talks about how and why street vendors became organized and her hopes...

Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...