Women's Economic Empowerment

Eye Witness: WIEGO’s Brazilian Waste Expert Dispatches from India

WIEGO’s Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP) on Law and Informality brought global experts to Ahmedabad, India, to stay two nights in the homes...

Q&A: WIEGO’s New Urban Policies Director Talks Migration, 21st-century Cities and What Inspires Her Research

This week, we sit down with WIEGO’s new Urban Policies Programme Director, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, to learn more about her background and...

Delhi’s Free Public Transportation for Women Could be an Economic Game-changer for the Poorest

The recent proposal by the Delhi government to make public transportation free for women has been hailed as a way to improve women’s safety...

Preparing a Platform

• March 13, 2014

Taking it to the ILC 2014 The WIEGO Network, Partners and informal workers representatives from around the world attended the International...

Waste & Gender: Rethinking Relations for Empowerment

Little research exists about gender relations and divisions among waste pickers. A collaborative in Latin America has shed light on the multiple...

Voice & Leadership

Strengthening the Voice and Leadership of Informal Women Workers Around Social Policy Issues This project built a sustained link between...

Street Vendors

Fair Trade

“Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills” describes an action-research project (2012-15)...

Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers

Strengthening the organizing and leadership capacity of informal women workers fosters economic self-reliance and increases women’s...

Gumutindo: Growing Toward a New Gender Balance

Halfway up Mount Elgon, a bumpy hour’s drive from the busy centre of Mbale in eastern Uganda, the women meeting at the Konokoy Organic Coffee...