SSE and Cooperatives

Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

Chains and Challenges: Craft Supply Chains in Africa

Because crafts are such an important source of work and income for home‑based workers in Africa, HomeNet Africa, in partnership with WIEGO,...

MBO Newsletter – November 2023

In this edition, we look at how climate change impacts people who live and work in poor communities. We also discuss Just Transition – what...

Financing Social Protection – Lessons from Gig Workers in India

A new scheme for financing social protection for gig workers in Rajasthan, India, could provide lessons for other informal economy workers....

Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce

In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...

Bokk Diom Mobilizes Against Partial Closure of Mbeubeuss Dumpsite in Dakar

The Association of Waste Pickers Bokk Diom demands that Senegal’s government keeps its promises of inclusion as the closure of West Africa’s...

Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики 111-я сессия МКТ – Общее обсуждение: Достижение справедливого перехода к экологически устойчивой экономике и обществу для всех

Международные сети работников неформальной экономики и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ «Достижение справедливого перехода к экологически устойчивой...

111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva

111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...

‘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...

Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation

Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...