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Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Bahasa Indonesian. Securing access to safe and effective vaccines is an issue of economic justice , because it is crucial for protecting workers’ health and livelihoods. In March 2021...
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their homes. In Delhi, there are numerous home-based workers who contribute immensely to the city’s economy, yet they remain invisible and unrecognised. This publication is a non-exhaustive mapping of home-based work...
Waste pickers play a critical role in managing Delhi’s growing solid waste problem. Despite their immense contributions, waste pickers face many challenges including lack of recognition, spaces of work, and social stigma, harassment and health hazards due to the nature of their work. This...
Suddenly relocated to the outskirts of Delhi in 2006, many of the city's urban poor faced an immense loss of livelihood, having to start again from scratch in the remote resettlement colony of Savda Ghevra. The story of resettlement here is also a tale of building back lives and livelihoods. This...
Time: 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 6 and 2 p.m. Brazil Standard Time on July 13 Translation: Spanish and Portuguese translation were available Hosted by Brazil's National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR) and the Cata Saúde online capacity-building project, these webinars provided a platform...
Alors que le président Macky Sall lance officiellement ce jour PROMOGED, le projet de transformation de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, WIEGO alerte dans ce tribune sur la nécessité de sécuriser les moyens de subsistance des récupératrice-eur-s de la plus grande décharge d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
VIEW PUBLICATION 16 June 2011 was a very significant moment for the lives of the 70 million domestic workers across the globe. Finally, they had won the right to be recognized as workers, with the basic rights of all other workers. That day, the International Labour Organization – the part of the...
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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.