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Cooperatives are an important form of democratic organization and solidarity for informal workers, who come together to gain access to services and markets and to engage in collective negotiations. WIEGO works with, supports and conducts research on cooperatives in many regions. Here is a sample of...
WIEGO is a global network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor , especially women, in the informal economy . We create change by building capacity among informal worker organizations, expanding the knowledge base on the informal economy, and influencing local, national and...
From 2019-2022, the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic Empowerment Project will help homeworkers who belong to membership-based worker organizations improve their earnings and the conditions of their work. Homeworkers — also known as subcontracted outworkers — are an essential part of...
Manual y recursos para vendedores ambulantes Trabajar en el espacio público: Un manual para vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes Mitos y realidades sobre la economía informal y las trabajadoras y los trabajadores que laboran en ella Seis manuales para trabajadores en la economía informal : esta serie...
Some years ago, the world embraced biodiversity. Today, the world needs to also embrace economic diversity — a hybrid economic model that allows the smallest units and least powerful workers to operate alongside the largest units and most powerful economic players. Both are needed for sustainable...
Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and notes from the field from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis in order to provide a dynamic picture of the ways in which informal workers in Delhi are consistently struggling...
All of the data for the UNIFEM-WIEGO studies were from the late 1990s and early 2000s. The data sources and years for the five countries were as follows: Egypt: ELMS 1998 and the Micro and Small Enterprise Survey (MSE) 2003 El Salvador: Encuesta de Hogares de Propositos Multiples (EHPM) 2003 South...
This page summarizes findings from several earlier sets of country-level data analyses that considered the average earnings and/or the poverty risk of different segments of the labour force, both formal and informal.
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.