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Some years ago, the world embraced biodiversity. Today, the world needs to also embrace economic diversity — a hybrid economic model that allows the smallest units and least powerful workers to operate alongside the largest units and most powerful economic players. Both are needed for sustainable...
All of the data for the UNIFEM-WIEGO studies were from the late 1990s and early 2000s. The data sources and years for the five countries were as follows: Egypt: ELMS 1998 and the Micro and Small Enterprise Survey (MSE) 2003 El Salvador: Encuesta de Hogares de Propositos Multiples (EHPM) 2003 South...
The inequalities between those at the base of the economic pyramid and those at the tip can be traced through nested layers of inequality: between capital and labour, between formal and informal workers, between different groups of informal workers — and between women and men at each level. In today...
Diagrams reveal a hierarchy of earnings and poverty risk across various segments of the labour force. Average earnings are lower and the risk of poverty is higher among all women workers in the informal economy compared to all men workers within the informal economy.
DELHI DIARY - April 2020 by Avi Singh Majithia In February 2020, WIEGO’s Focal Cities team met together in Delhi for a learning exchange and exposure visit. The Focal Cities teams, representing five cities across Latin America, West Africa and India, meet on an annual basis to facilitate knowledge...
English Español WIEGO et ses partenaires ont travaillé proche des travailleuse·eur·s de l’économie informelle pour mener une étude en 12 villes : la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle. Les voix de ces travailleuse·eur·s nous aident à décortiquer les contraintes et les injustices dévoilées...
Blogs: Informal economy workers tell of COVID-19 crucial issues Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their earnings as the pandemic took hold. This blog describes some of the most crucial issues workers faced during the pandemic, based on the interviews conducted for WIEGO’s...
Português By Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes 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...
English Por Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes Sou Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. Tenho 25 anos, sou uma jovem negra e catadora de materiais recicláveis. Desde os 16 anos trabalho na ASCITO, uma associação de catadores da cidade de Itabirito, na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, que fica no...
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.