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At the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation Pakistan calls on governments to recognize and include homeworkers in laws and policies during the Worker's Group Meeting for the Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains.
The WIEGO Network is a member of the Grassroots Partner Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners, along with Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and the Huairou Commission. Together, we are a platform for grassroots voices of informal economy workers, informal settlement dwellers...
Members of the cooperative movement discuss their experiences and reason for the participation at the International Labour Conference in 2016. A partner from the WIEGO network, Elizabeth Nzilani Peter, of the Machakos Cooperative Union in Kenya was interviewed. She discussed her experience at the...
In the context of the Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains at the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation of Pakistan spoke during the ILC plenary session as a representative of WIEGO. During her speech, Zehra spoke about the...
The ILO Convention 177 on Homework (C177) was adopted at the International Labour Conference (ILC) on 20 June 1996. Organized homeworkers were campaigning to be recognized as workers with rights equal to those of other wage earners. It was the first time in the ILO’s history that a group composed...
This newsletter includes links to reports, videos and other information about IDWF. Disponible en español Other issues of IDWF Newsletter are available. This issue highlights celebrating 5 years of Convention 189 and IDWF's My Fair Home campaign.
This issue of the newsletter includes information abour progress that has been made around the world since 2011 when the ILO adopted Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers and its accompanying Recommendation 201. Other issues of the ILO INWORK newsletter are also available in English...
This social protection newsletter from the ILO includes links to current news, data, recent publications, and other resources concerning social protection.
This is the project website of an ongoing research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) that focuses on governing food systems to alleviate poverty in secondary cities in Africa. Part of the project focuses on...
During the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation of Pakistan speaks on behalf of the WIEGO Network during the ILC plenary session. Zehra highlights the main challenges of homeworkers operating at the base of global supply chains and why they...
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.