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This document was prepared for the UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel (UN HLP) for Women's Economic Empowerment. WIEGO and SEWA are represented on the panel, and jointly produced this compendium of case studies to inform the UN HLP report. Learn more about WIEGO and SEWA's ongoing participation...
Firoza Mehrotra of HomeNet South Asia - a regional network of organizations of home-based workers - discusses what women home-based workers need to increase their economic opportunities: organizing, recognition as workers and negotiating skills. Learn more about WIEGO’s work with the UN High-Level...
Poonsap Tulaphan, a leader of HomeNet Thailand , explains how her organization is working to empower homeworkers: through policy advocacy and legal protection, skill building, and negotiating with employers for better working conditions. Learn more about WIEGO’s work with the UN High-Level Panel on...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, May – August 2016 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en Español . Lire le bulletin en Français .
Boletín de la Alianza Global de Recicladores, Mayo – Agosto 2016 Read the newsletter in English . Leer el boletín en Español . Lire le bulletin en Français .
Full webcast of UN HLP Report Presentation to the Secretary-General event at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Next City's journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking to leaders from across the world who have been convened by the United Nations to draft a New Urban Agenda. For more information, see Next City’s article
Waste picker news from around the world in GAIA's fall 2016 newsletter. Find additional information about GAIA here .
Environmental experts have strongly argued against the adoption of “waste-to-energy” (WtE) technologies that burn municipal solid waste as this will drive up the generation of trash and undermine environmentally sound approaches to managing discards while producing highly toxic pollutants that can...
"Sharit was, more than anything else, a role model of a new generation sociologist who combined activism and scholarship seamlessly and effectively. He is mourned by his many students, whom he nurtured actively and sustainedly through their early careers; his colleagues and fellow workers who shared...
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.