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The care economy is growing, not least because of a growing demand for child care. On the International Day of Care and Support , it is important to remember that shortcomings in the provision of affordable child care for all workers, including those in informal employment, need to be addressed to...
The upcoming webinar seeks to explore these pressing issues, focusing on diverse childcare provision models such as cooperatives, social franchises, and state-funded frameworks, particularly in resource-limited settings.
This brief documents how street vendors in Zimbabwe, who are not recognized as workers by labour laws (and therefore do not enjoy collective bargaining rights), nevertheless pursue collective relations with the local authorities that control their workplace – public space – and determine their terms...
This qualitative analysis draws on a study of 75 home-based workers in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The study sheds light on the financial and other barriers these workers encounter in accessing social security. Findings include that there are significant disparities in insurance coverage among the different...
A story of how workers in the informal economy in South Africa, Ghana and Rwanda are informing, developing and implementing child-care policy and running early-childhood-development centres in market places. These centres reduce the burden on women who both work and care for children, and those who...
By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers and vendors in NYC are demonstrating an alternative to the status quo model of city-making that favours a few elite interests to the detriment of the majority...
It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they lack productivity. Improving working conditions and people’s well-being favour productivity – not the other way around.
How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate sustainability will protect the human rights of all supply chain workers, including homeworkers.
The 112th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2024. Government officials, trade union representatives and employers’ associations from 187 countries gather every year in Geneva...
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.