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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...
African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could overcome some of the challenges they are facing and improve their livelihoods.
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.
A Federação Internacional de Trabalhadores Domésticos (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, a Aliança Internacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (IAWP), as Associações de Mulheres Trabalhadoras Autônomas (SEWA), Índia, e a Mulheres no Emprego Informal: Globalizando e...
Международная федерация домашних работников (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, Международный альянс сборщиков мусора (IAWP), Ассоциация самозанятых женщин (SEWA), Индия, и организация «Женщины в неформальной занятости: глобализация и органайзинг» (WIEGO) приветствуют доклад МОТ...
The International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), StreetNet International, HomeNet International, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India, and WIEGO welcome the report by the International Labour Organization on Decent work and the care...
The responsibility for implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy rests primarily on member states – ideally with proactive support from employers’ and workers’ organizations, including...
Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the positive impact that collecting data and statistics has had on women’s work in India and beyond.
In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines that she helped found, and shares her dreams for the future.
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.