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WIEGO's Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa's informal economy.
This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend their rights and livelihoods from the abuse of public authorities.
In much of our work, WIEGO focuses on specific sectors or groups of informal workers, notably: domestic workers, home-based producers, street vendors, and waste pickers. All of our programmes are designed to help build the voice, visibility and validity of these specific groups of workers.
This is "the ILO’s central statistics database ILOSTAT – the primary source for cross-country statistics on the labour market. The database contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies."
WIEGO videos about informal workers and the informal economy are on WIEGO's YouTube channel .
Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins for increased participation and rights. But worker organizations are organizing and employing innovative strategies to advance democratic practices.
This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the discussion with reference to data on homeworkers in Bulgaria. The paper argues that the complex labour relations of the global economy necessitates a multi...
In this paper, the author argues that any system of legal rules that tries to exclude the waste pickers from the waste value chain results in high transaction costs and risks further aggravating existing social injustices. Several inclusive property right regimes are conceivable, from waste picker...
This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid waste management models that are true to an inclusive, circular economy while being suited for local contexts and offering livelihood protection.
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.