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The WIEGO School starts at a time when all four sectors—domestic workers, home-based workers, street and market vendors, and waste pickers—have organized globally to have a voice in policy decisions for many workers in informal employment.
Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas como cooperativas seja de catadores autônomos. Payment for recycling services This manual lays out guidelines and recommendations on how to charge for...
Excerpt from the opinion piece, It's Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president of the Ford Foundation) and Sally Roever (International Coordinator, WIEGO) placed in TIME’s Economy section on November 25, 2021. "Informal work is the essential...
The Academy targets ILO's tripartite constituents, policymakers involved in SSE, practitioners from development partner agencies and international organizations, SSE entrepreneurs and practitioners, and members from academia and researchers.
WIEGO and its affiliates stand in solidarity with the 180 waste pickers in Mushroomville who were given notice of eviction on 15th November 2021 from the area they have lived and worked in for over a decade. The final eviction notice, served by the Gauteng High Court, is a blow to this group of...
As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding halt, we are writing to you as worker organizations and trade unions from South and South-East Asia garment production countries. This letter represents...
Contact: Nicole Pryor - nicole.pryor@wiego.org , Graciela Mora - graciela.mora@wiego.org , Kendra Hughes - kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions Worker organizations and trade unions seek a new...
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.