Global Advocacy and Negotiations

Global Position Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), Prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference

International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity economy...

International Women’s Day 2022

For International Women’s Day, WIEGO looks at the foundation that women leaders of worker organizations have laid during the pandemic...

COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based...

A chain is as strong as its weakest link: Why EU mandatory due diligence legislation must include homeworkers

• February 25, 2022
• Online

Watch this 90-minute discussion, which makes the case for homeworkers to be included in EU legislation and corporate due diligence. This...

Press Release: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief

Nearly one-third of respondents in mid-2021 said family members had gone hungry over the last month. Despite dire need, government cash and...

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Inclusive Recycling

Position Paper on Inequalities and the World of Work, prepared for the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference

Despite a pre-pandemic modest decrease in the number of people living in extreme poverty, the number of extremely poor increased by about...

Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions

Contact: Nicole Pryor – nicole.pryor@wiego.org, Graciela Mora – graciela.mora@wiego.org, Kendra Hughes – kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment...

Open Letter to European Union Policymakers

As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding...

Community Paralegals as a Tool to Foster Domestic Workers’ Legal Empowerment and Access to Justice

Domestic workers around the world face a decent work deficit that is due to exclusions from labour laws, the low value associated with the...