Public and Workplace Services

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...

Coura Ndiaye – a waste picker leader in Dakar, Senegal

Coura Ndiaye – or “Mother Coura” as people call her out of respect for her age and the number of years she has worked as a waste picker –...

Norma Palacios, a domestic worker leader in Mexico City

Norma Palacios is one of the co-founders and leaders of SINACTRAHO, a domestic workers’ union in Mexico that seeks to raise awareness of...

Renu, a Vendor Leader in Bangkok, Thailand

ภาษาไทย   Renu is the leader of the Muubaan Nakila Service Cooperative, which is active in her housing estate in Bangkok. Along with other...

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part B

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

Home as Workplace: A spatial reading of workhomes – Part A

This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors...

Regional Dialogue on Social Protection of Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia

• March 2, 2022
• Online
  Manila, Philippines

Date: March 2, 2022Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Philippine Standard Time (GMT +8 hours)   HomeNet Southeast Asia, a sub-regional network of...

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...