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Español Français Zarina is a home-based worker. She lives in Savda Ghevra, a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Delhi, where she is one of the many home-based workers in the community. She has worked as a tailor out of her home for decades, making gowns and coats for hospitals on order, as well...
Español Français Romilla Chetty—a third-generation trader in Durban’s Warwick Junction and the first woman in her family to run the business—is an advocate for the rights of market traders and street vendors. She sees her trading community as “one big family” and has served as the secretary for the...
Español Français Português I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and a waste picker. I have worked at ASCITO, a waste picker association from the city of Itabirito—a town in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte in the south-east of Brazil—since I...
Español Français I am Panisara Adiraklarpnukul, a 59-year-old Thai Massage Therapist in Bangkok. I am a member of the Massage Therapist Group Thailand, which organizes informally online. Massage therapists are required to have close contact with customers. Therefore, we were ordered to stop working...
Español Français Português Organizations representing over 2.1 million informal workers from around the world call on governments to accelerate investments in worker protections as a central component of economic recovery plans . In COVID-19 lockdowns one year ago, informal workers across the world...
Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra's Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off at the landfill daily . They collect and sort a range of recyclable material, then sell it to be reused in the manufacture of new products. In doing so, they serve as...
Millions of informal waste pickers globally contribute to the conservation of natural resources and energy while reducing air/water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions through the reuse of materials. They also save cities money by decreasing the amount of material disposed of in landfills. Around...
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.