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Contact: Nicole Pryor - nicole.pryor@wiego.org , Graciela Mora - graciela.mora@wiego.org , Kendra Hughes - kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions Worker organizations and trade unions seek a new...
StreetNet International (SNI) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) cordially invite you to join us for the launch of a new synthesis research study, "Enabling social protection within the informal economy: Lessons from worker-led schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo".
This Brief seeks to identify and examine certain factors that led to the proposal to reform New York's street vending legislation that was finally endorsed by the City Council in 2021.
This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors and actors in engaging with and shaping the work-home boundary.
This study looks at all the ways in which home aids work — spatially and infrastructurally — and illustrates the role of various factors and actors in engaging with and shaping the work-home boundary.
Domestic workers around the world face a decent work deficit that is due to exclusions from labour laws, the low value associated with the work, and uneven employer-employee relationships. Lack of empowerment and access to justice limit their ability to challenge violations and realize their rights...
This synthesis report, for the “New Forms of Social Insurance for the Economic Inclusion of Women & Young Informal Workers” research project, presents and analyzes the findings from research on informal economy worker-led social protection schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo. In the context of weak...
This analysis covers COVID-19 laws in seven Asian countries, namely, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Key Points Our analysis shows that the COVID-19 laws and policies in India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam largely...
Many different organizations and specialists talk about universal social protection. But their vision of how to achieve it is very different. In this briefing note, we will look at how two of the main actors in this debate, the World Bank and the International Labour Organization (ILO) look at the...
This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Columbia's waste picker sector as public service provides. It presents the perspective of waste pickers in order to take stock of what has been achieved so far and the challenges that remain...
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.