Public and Workplace Services

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

The Devil Is in the Detail: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate...

112th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 3, 2024 - June 14, 2024
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva, Switzerland

The 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters...

Pessoas trabalhadoras informais são solidárias às pessoas cuidadoras e demandam serviços de cuidado de qualidade para todas

A Federação Internacional de Trabalhadores Domésticos (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, a Aliança Internacional de...

Работники неформальной занятости солидарны с работниками по уходу и призывают к предоставлению высококачественных услуг по уходу для всех

Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора...

Position Paper on Decent Work and the Care Economy, Prepared for the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference

The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste...

Written Observations on the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Content and Scope of the Right to Care as a Human Right and its Interrelation with Other Rights

WIEGO submitted written observations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the right to care. The submission was developed...

Registration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal Workers

In this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the KAMBE Savings and Credit Cooperative in Uganda

The experience of the KAMBE SACCO highlights the importance of savings as a safety net for workers in informal employment in times of emergency....

Gender-Based Violence: What you should know