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This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of organizational forms for voice and representation of informal workers, from formal union structures, to associations, to cooperatives, to global networks and with goals...
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it may hold important policy lessons for other countries where the informal economy is large and growing and where informal workers are excluded from existing...
WIEGO has translated the President of Mexico's July 2013 speech, in which he discusses informal employment in Mexico. He notes that "New, more accurate methods introduced by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) have made it clear that six out of every 10 jobs is in the informal...
WIEGO translated this article into English (with permission) from the original, published in Trabajo Informal , Este Pais, in July 2013. The article explores informal employment issues in Mexico, where the phenomenon of the informal workforce is widespread. The issues and impacts are diverse. How...
This policy was adopted by the Sindh Province in Pakstan in May 2013. It was translated and provided to WIEGO by HomeNet Pakistan.
This presentation shares information about Social Protection work by SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association).
Se presenta el contenido de esta orden de la Corte Constitucional y las implicaciones que tiene para la población recicladora en Colombia a través de las preguntas de un reciclador a dos importantes autoridades del distrito.
Reflections on the launch of Design with the Other 90%: CITIES ' exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum. For additional information about this project, visit the Design Other 90 Network .
Hand in Hand is a national network of employers of nannies, housecleaners and home attendants, along with their families and allies who are grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. Hand in Hand supports employers to improve their...
"This is a beautifully crafted, path-breaking study that upends conventional wisdom about the relentless demise of labor movements. Agarwala's lucid analysis of the ways in which precariously employed informal workers in India have organized to improve their status bristles with insights on every...
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.