Building Collective Power

The 10th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning

• December 6, 2017 - December 8, 2017

  Grahamstown, South Africa The 10th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL 10) took place between December 6th and...

Workshop with MUFIS in Malawi

• December 12, 2017 - December 14, 2017

Lilongwe, Malawi   A workshop with the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) leadership took place on December 12th to 14th 2017,...

Home-Based Workers’ Workshops in Nairobi and Kampala

• January 8, 2018 - January 11, 2018

Nairobi, KenyaKampala, UgandaFollowing the Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW) project in Africa, a workshop took place...

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

61% of the world’s workers still fighting for 8-hour day

133 years after the Chicago working-time strike that gave rise to May Day, 2-billion workers continue to fall outside regulations for working...

New Project Explores How Waste Pickers Can Help Solve the Ocean Plastics Waste Crisis

A Q&A with Taylor Cass Talbott It’s hard to miss the shocking images of heaping plastic floating in the middle of the world’s oceans...

Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar

In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...

Sisterhood: How Solidarity Led Indian Women to Take on Gender Discrimination

Nazma is home-based worker who has often found herself at the mercy of the sub-contractors who employ her. But now she has joined forces...

WIEGO MBO Newsletter

Our MBO (Membership-based Organization) Newsletter series has been revived, with a new format featuring shorter and more focused stories. ...

Public Dialogue on Forging a Path towards Recognition and Inclusion of Informal Workers in South Africa

“We’re here to discuss one of the most profound challenges of our time—how to create jobs, how to increase incomes, and how to...