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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.
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...
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.
Do aumento das temperaturas às mudanças nas condições de trabalho, um novo estudo destaca o papel essencial que catadores e catadoras desempenham na gestão de resíduos urbanos e como eles/as enfrentam os desafios de um clima em mudança no Brasil.
From rising temperatures to shifting work conditions, a new study highlights the vital role waste pickers play in managing urban waste and how they navigate the challenges of a changing climate in Brazil.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) transfers the responsibility of waste management from municipal authorities to the producers of the waste materials. Despite the important role that informal economy workers who collect and segregate waste could play in such a system, they get no mention in...
Workers in informal employment experience frequent workplace exposure to a range of occupational health and safety risks. The climate crisis poses an additional, existential threat to workers – with catastrophic impacts on workers’ health and livelihoods.
In promoting a better urban future, the United Nations recently called for the sharing of transformative approaches to local action – what has worked to create “greener, more equitable and sustainable cities”. Here are five examples from the rich experiences of WIEGO and our partners.
For its flagship GOLD Report, UCLG asked WIEGO for its expertise on the urban informal economy, with a focus on an agenda for action for local authorities, and has released our case-based contributions.
Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model put forward by the government.
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.