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Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Bahasa Indonesian. Securing access to safe and effective vaccines is an issue of economic justice , because it is crucial for protecting workers’ health and livelihoods. In March 2021...
Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic Empowerment project funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's Work and Opportunity for Women (WOW) Programme. Written by HomeNet South...
Waste pickers play a critical role in managing Delhi’s growing solid waste problem. Despite their immense contributions, waste pickers face many challenges including lack of recognition, spaces of work, and social stigma, harassment and health hazards due to the nature of their work. This...
Suddenly relocated to the outskirts of Delhi in 2006, many of the city's urban poor faced an immense loss of livelihood, having to start again from scratch in the remote resettlement colony of Savda Ghevra. The story of resettlement here is also a tale of building back lives and livelihoods. This...
Investments in social protection are integral to economic recovery. As national governments, global financial institutions, donors and corporations consider economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, they must consider how to support the recovery of the 2 billion people around the world working...
This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the implications for informal workers of the recent African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (ACHPR) advisory opinion, which was delivered in response to a continental challenge against vagrancy laws on the grounds that they violate several...
Les investissements dans la protection sociale sont une partie intégrante de la reprise économique. Lorsque les gouvernements nationaux, les institutions financières mondiales, les bailleuse·eur·s de fonds et les entreprises envisagent une reprise économique après la pandémie de la COVID-19, ils...
Las inversiones en protección social son esenciales para la recuperación económica. A medida que los gobiernos nacionales, las instituciones financieras internacionales, donantes y corporaciones analizan la recuperación económica de la pandemia de la COVID-19, deben considerar cómo apoyar la...
The global networks of workers in the informal economy including the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, HomeNet International, International Domestic Workers Federation and StreetNet International participated in the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference, along with WIEGO and the Self...
Le système d’enregistrement est un outil essentiel pour étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Dans cette note d'information, nous examinerons les expériences de mécanismes d’enregistrement qui ont fonctionné pour les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel dans cinq pays : l...
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.