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(Esta página también está disponible en español) The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III , was a consultative process held every 20 years to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable development. All UN Member States and other relevant...
The Inclusive Cities Project: UPP was key to implementing a multi-country project that ran from 2008-14 with partners from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Learn more. Building Inclusive Cities: Highlights from the Inclusive Cities Project , reflects impacts of the project. Informal Economy...
WIEGO’s Focal City initiative supports informal worker organizations to secure more inclusive laws and regulations, improved urban services and a voice in urban planning and policy-making processes. WIEGO has five Focal Cities sites: in Accra , Ghana; Dakar , Senegal; Delhi , India; Mexico City...
WIEGO's Cuidar Project is shedding light on the health risks that waste pickers face—and helping find solutions. A joint initiative with waste picker cooperatives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the project is expanding and sharing health knowledge and enhancing waste pickers’ connections to local...
In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials. This work is essential to maintaining a healthy city, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign calls on the public and the...
English Français Marcelina Bautista migró desde Oaxaca a la Ciudad de México a sus 14 años y encontró su medio de sustento en el trabajo del hogar. Debido a los maltratos que enfrentó como trabajadora del hogar, Marcelina se dio cuenta que trabajaba en condiciones de servidumbre y que quería cambiar...
English Español Marcelina Bautista, à l’âge de 14 ans, est partie d’Oaxaca pour s’installer à Mexico et, pour gagner sa vie, s’est mise à travailler comme employée de maison. Mais, au fil des mauvais traitements qu’elle a subis, en tant que travailleuse domestique, elle s’est rendue compte que son...
WIEGO/IRGLUS book project – 2021-22 How do informal worker livelihoods interface with urban space, law, and the state in the globalized environment? Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanisation, Law, and Informal Work is a two-year edited book project by WIEGO and IRGLUS that explores this theme across...
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage spaces for groups of workers who work mainly outside the home, including street vendors and waste pickers, as well as carpenters and masons. The homes-cum...
Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization, the Old Fadama Kayayei Association, Rukaya supports the kayayei during the pandemic by sharing information about the need for PPE and vaccination, and by...
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.