SSE and Cooperatives

Waste pickers in Tshwane (Pretoria) face displacement and loss of livelihoods as a result of evictions

WIEGO and its affiliates stand in solidarity with the 180 waste pickers in Mushroomville who were given notice of eviction on 15th November...

Inequalities and the World of Work: A Major Challenge of Our Time

• November 25, 2021 - December 11, 2021
• ILO Headquarters, Geneva
  Virtual

109th Session of the International Labour Conference  

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...

The Urgent Need to Question Senegal’s Commitment to Ensuring Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods

The restructuring of the Mbeubeuss dump where over 2,000 men and women earn their living is part of Senegal’s “acceleration” programme...

Enabling Social Protection within the Informal Economy: Lessons from Worker-led Schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo

This synthesis report, for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women & Young Informal Workers” research...

Home-Based Worker Organizations

Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic...

Workers Take Fight for Social Protection to ILC

The global networks of workers in the informal economy including the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, HomeNet International, International...

Building Solidarity Among Waste Pickers in Latin America

• July 6, 2021 - July 13, 2021
• Online

Time: 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 6 and 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 13 Translation: Spanish and Portuguese translation were...

Fermeture progressive de Mbeubeuss : A quand un processus plus inclusif et transparent pour protéger les récupératrice-eur-s ?

Alors que le président Macky Sall lance officiellement ce jour PROMOGED, le projet de transformation de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, WIEGO alerte...

Ten Years Since Winning C189: Domestic Workers Become an Unstoppable Movement

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