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L’année qui vient de s’écouler fut ponctuée de célébrations au gré d’une rétrospective consacrée aux 20 premières années de WIEGO et où nos réalisations importantes nous font anticiper les possibilités et les défis à venir.Comme l’atteste le résent rapport annuel, des progrès significatifs ont été...
This comic illustrates the need to consider livelihoods and bring waste pickers to the table when closing dumpsites. Designed by Pauline Conley, it serves to accompany WIEGO's Position Paper on Dump Closures .
Esta história em quadrinhos ilustra a necessidade de considerar os meios de subsistência e trazer os catadores de materiais recicláveis para a mesa de diálogo ao fechar os lixões. Desenhada por Pauline Conley, ela serve para acompanhar o Posicionamento da WIEGO sobre fechamento de lixões .
Accra, Ghana Leaders of 20 street vendor organisations and 10 waste picker organisations converged on Accra, Ghana for an Administrative Law Workshop coordinated by WIEGO's Law Programme in collaboration with the Organisation and Representation Programme and Accra Focal City. The workshop which...
By Mike Rogan Nearly two decades ago, Marty Chen, the founding international coordinator of WIEGO, sketched a pyramid diagram to describe the structure of the informal economy in a way that captured the diversity of risks. The image, which was based on reviews of the available data by two WIEGO...
Changes to the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE) were made in October 2018. WIEGO was proud to have played an important role in establishing new categories that, ultimately, could lead to better national policies that benefit informal workers.
Por Leslie Vryenhoek WIEGO está celebrando los grandes cambios en la Clasificación Internacional de la Situación en el Empleo (CISE). Además estamos orgullosas de haber sido partícipes en la creación de nuevas categorías que, en última instancia, podrían conducir a mejores políticas nacionales que...
Par Leslie Vryehoek WIEGO se réjouit des grands changements apportés à la Classification internationale d’après la situation dans la profession (CISP). Et nous sommes fières d’avoir contribué à l’établissement de nouvelles catégories qui, à terme, pourraient mener à de meilleures politiques...
Lusaka, Zambia "Social protection is about providing for those in society unable to provide for themselves, the poor, the incapacitated, the unemployed, those not supposed to work such as children and women during maternity. Social protection thus deals with life's contingencies and provides a floor...
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.