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Informational Article Conceptual Framework for Social Protection for Informal Workers A conceptual framework, developed in WIEGO’s early years, posed the core question that continues to drive the Social Protection Programme: Under... Read More Informational Article Rethinking Formalization The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,... Read More Informational Article Care Workers Child care workers provide a necessary and valuable service that benefits individual families and the community and state. But care workers—almost... Read More Informational Article Universal Health Care and Informal Workers December 12 is Universal Health Coverage Day. But what does UHC mean for the majority of the world’s workers who are informally employed... Read More Informational Article Informal Workers and the Law WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers.... Read More Informational Article Waste Pickers Organizing Waste pickers are increasingly motivated to organize and fight for recognition and a place within formal waste management systems. They... Read More Informational Article Home-Based Workers Organizing Without strong organizations, home-based workers cannot access information about employment opportunities, workers’ rights, changing... Read More Informational Article Domestic Workers Organizing Recent Gains Domestic workers have made great strides in organizing globally in recent years. A growing movement led to the formation of... Read More Informational Article Challenges of Organizing Informal Workers Challenges in organizing the informal workforce can be specific to the sector or local context, but the challenges in this overview are similar... Read More Informational Article The History of Organizing Informal Workers Organizing informal workers has a long history. At the dawn of the industrial capitalist age in the eighteenth-century, the whole economy... Read More First Prev 1 2 3 Next Last
Conceptual Framework for Social Protection for Informal Workers A conceptual framework, developed in WIEGO’s early years, posed the core question that continues to drive the Social Protection Programme: Under... Read More
Rethinking Formalization The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation,... Read More
Care Workers Child care workers provide a necessary and valuable service that benefits individual families and the community and state. But care workers—almost... Read More
Universal Health Care and Informal Workers December 12 is Universal Health Coverage Day. But what does UHC mean for the majority of the world’s workers who are informally employed... Read More
Informal Workers and the Law WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers.... Read More
Waste Pickers Organizing Waste pickers are increasingly motivated to organize and fight for recognition and a place within formal waste management systems. They... Read More
Home-Based Workers Organizing Without strong organizations, home-based workers cannot access information about employment opportunities, workers’ rights, changing... Read More
Domestic Workers Organizing Recent Gains Domestic workers have made great strides in organizing globally in recent years. A growing movement led to the formation of... Read More
Challenges of Organizing Informal Workers Challenges in organizing the informal workforce can be specific to the sector or local context, but the challenges in this overview are similar... Read More
The History of Organizing Informal Workers Organizing informal workers has a long history. At the dawn of the industrial capitalist age in the eighteenth-century, the whole economy... Read More
