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" Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills " describes an action-research project (2012-15) that helped women improve their lives in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. It portrays the experiences and voices of women Fair Trade producers, and includes a case study...
Strengthening the Movement of Home-Based Workers Read more about the activities and successes in March 2016's home-based worker newsletter . Home-based workers are invisible but vital economic contributors to household, local and global economies. Because they work in isolation, organization is...
Strengthening the Global Movement of Street & Market Vendors For a decade, WIEGO has worked closely with StreetNet International, which supports its local/national affiliates in promoting and protecting the rights of street and market vendors and increasing their voice and bargaining power. The...
Strengthening the Voice and Leadership of Informal Women Workers Around Social Policy Issues This project built a sustained link between informal workers and policymakers in Peru for dialogue and mutual learning, so that the needs of informal workers are considered in policies that affect them. It...
Little research exists about gender relations and divisions among waste pickers. A collaborative in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste pickers face - and developed resources to help women waste pickers improve their lives and livelihoods.
What does formalization mean for the majority of the world's workers, who earn their livelihoods in the informal economy? How can policymakers best approach this complex transition in a smart and sustainable way? And how is WIEGO helping ensure workers' voices are heard?
The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation, legal frameworks, social protection, business incentives/support, and more. And formalization means different things to different categories of the informal...
When the International Labour Conference (ILC) was engaged in a process to create a recommendation for transitioning from the informal to the formal economy, home-based workers, street vendors and domestic workers prepared a platform voiced their demands at the ILC 103rd session. Videos (view all...
Facilitating Transitions from the Informal to the Formal Economy In June 2015, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the new international labour standard, the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204) . The landmark Recommendation is the first...
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.