Global Advocacy and Negotiations

‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite

In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...

For an Organization to Move, It Needs Women

In this interview, Gladys Mponda, Vice President of  the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS), talks about the value of organizing,...

Taxing the Informal Economy: Policy, Evidence and Lessons for the Future

• April 4, 2023
• Online

In the wake of the pandemic, developing and middle-income countries are facing increasing pressure to improve domestic resource mobilization....

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...

Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers

In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...

Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly

The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...

Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk

“We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try...

A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers

This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers...

110-я сессия ILC/МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики (длинная версия)

Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

Global Position Paper prepared for the General Discussion on the Social and Solidarity Economy, 110th Session of the International Labour Conference

Les réseaux internationaux de travailleurs de l’économie informelle1 et WIEGO saluent le rapport de l’OIT sur le travail décent et l’économie...