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Pour les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux, le harcèlement fait partie de la vie quotidienne, même avant la pandémie. Des entretiens approfondis avec ces travailleuse·eur·s, l'observation de leur travail et la visite d'une douzaine de décharges dans six pays d'Amérique latine – effectuée avant la...
The United National Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights is the largest global gathering with a focus on trends, challenges and progress in advancing the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights . This annual event, guided and chaired by the UN Working Group on...
Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights , the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa ( SERI ) represented a group of street traders under threat of an interdict that would have resulted in a total ban on trade in parts of central...
In August 2020, The Global Labour University launched a free self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Global Supply Chains in Times of COVID-19, to provide practitioners, scholars and unionists from around the world with critical knowledge on the impact of the COVID-19 on workers in global...
Marlese Von Broembsen, Director of WIEGO’s Law Programme, participated in a moderated virtual discussion on strengthening EU policy measures to address children’s rights in business operations and supply chains.
El objetivo del presente documento es ofrecer un panorama general de la situación en la que las personas recicladoras que laboran en el ámbito informal de la economía efectúan su actividad de sustento con el fin de brindar herramientas jurídicas para proteger sus derechos humanos a la luz de los...
Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading brands, often for pennies — are the most vulnerable and easily forgotten workers. In this COVID-19 crisis, they have been devastated by a lack of wages and lost...
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.