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El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud e higiene en sus labores, su organización gremial, los riesgos que enfrentan de perder el acceso a los residuos que constituyen su medio de sustento, la...
Pour voir cette page en français cliquez ici April 26-28, 2019 Legal professionals and public officials lived and worked alongside informal street vendors and waste pickers for two nights and a day as part of WIEGO's Law Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP) in Dakar, Senegal. A powerful catalyst for...
View this page in English Dakar, Sénégal À Dakar, au Sénégal, pendant deux nuits et une journée, des expertes et experts juridiques et des autorités publiques vivront et travailleront avec des vendeuses et vendeurs de rue ainsi que des récupératrices et récupérateurs de matériaux dans le cadre du...
Carr Centre Discussion Paper Abstract: Following the Rana Plaza factory fires four years ago, the labour rights violations in global supply chains, and indeed the governance of global supply chains, has become a pressing global issue. This paper evaluates key existing global and national supply...
Living Wage: Regulatory Pathways to Living Wages for Precarious and Informal Workers in Global Supply Chains proposes strategies to improve and enforce minimum wages for workers that suffer the consequences of the constant pressure from powerful actors to cut production cost. At the heart of the...
Next month, we’ll find out if director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco’s moving portrayal of a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico will gain nods from the Academy with an Oscar. Having recently taken home “Best Picture” at the Critics’ Choice Awards , hopes are high. The movie has brought much-needed attention to...
The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And how can the urban environment and its resources be re-imagined in such a way that cities and human settlements are able to perform their “social function”? This...
A WIEGO e a IDWF entraram em uma parceria para escrever este kit de ferramentas para apoiar as afiliadas da IDWF em seus esforços para tornar a C189 uma realidade para trabalhadores(as) domésticos(as).
WIEGO and the IDWF partnered to write this toolkit to support IDWF affiliates in their efforts to make C189 real for domestic workers. Also available in Français , Português , English , and Amharic . Access the accompanying pamphlet for domestic workers . Also in Français and Português .
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.