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Q&A with Chris Bonner WIEGO’s Director of Organization and Representation Programme Q: Could you briefly tell us about your role as WIEGO's Organization and Representation Programme Director and your approach to organizing informal workers? The Organization and Representation Programme (ORP) is one...
Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an important aspect of the debate on health service provision. What is often missed, however, is the fact that many poor people are also workers, particularly...
On March 7, 2018, John Makwicana passed away at the age of 71. John fearlessly took on the challenging battle of defending the rights of street vendors in his city of Durban, South Africa -- and, against many odds, won. His victory entrenched the constitutional rights of street vendors, and was a...
Rahul Mehrotra is a practicing architect, urban designer, and educator. He is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University, where he recently co-taught a course, “Livelihoods and Urban Form,” with WIEGO’s International...
Myrtle Witbooi never intended to become a domestic worker. She had planned on studying nursing, but when a family asked her to help caretake for their daughter, who was recently burned, she agreed. For the next 12 years, she lovingly looked after the growing child and her siblings and, unwittingly...
A Q&A with Elaine Jones during World Fair Trade Week Elaine Jones, Director of WIEGO’s Global Trade Programme, joins us this week from the World Fair Trade Week being held in Milan, Italy. The weeklong event features the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) Conference, a Fair Trade International...
Last month in Nairobi, 700 participants gathered at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (PrepCom2)—an important event in a series that culminates in the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016...
The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 revealed the deathly factory conditions of garment workers, many of whom were stitching for the world's biggest brands. While the disaster has raised awareness -- and even moved forward promising steps to improve working conditions -- there is yet a...
Myths abound in the field of informal employment statistics—from ‘there are none’ to ‘they don’t tell us anything.’ Here are answers to some of the most common ones. Myth #1: There are no statistics on the informal economy. Statistics on the informal economy is a relatively new area for data...
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in 1995. To mark this historic anniversary, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation recently released their “ No Ceilings: The Full Participation Report ,”...
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.