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This edition of Law & Informality Insights chronicles the conception, implementation and outcomes of the project on Making C189 Real for Domestic Workers.
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...
This brief compiles statistics on street vendors and market traders in 12 countries: Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye and Uganda. In most of the countries, the overwhelming majority of market traders and an even higher share of street...
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 launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward in India, and for governments in other countries interested in developing similar schemes.
The 2022-2023 Annual Report details WIEGO's 8th General Assembly and describes the goals of our five-year strategic plan. It highlights the main achievements of WIEGO’s work and how WIEGO supports workers in informal employment.
In this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of social protection. In the first part, we will present the key concepts, approaches and debates on registration and situating it in the overall social protection...
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.