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The WIEGO Urban Policies Team analyzed news articles on street vendors from six continents over the past 18 months to gain a better understanding of how these informal workers are — or, more precisely, “aren’t” — being incorporated into 21st-century cities. A troubling portrait emerged of widespread...
133 years after the Chicago working-time strike that gave rise to May Day, 2-billion workers continue to fall outside regulations for working hours and over-time compensation. Informal workers – now the majority of the global workforce – are calling for much-needed protections to limit their working...
The WIEGO Senior Advisor, Dr. Martha Chen spoke at the Consultation on the Human Development Report 2019: Inequality in Human Development at the Expert Group Meeting-Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects held in Geneva (April 2-3, 2019). This preparatory meeting, organized by the...
Hewlett Foundation's Ruth Levine shares how WIEGO changed her perception In a Devex online interview , Ruth Levine, outgoing program director of the Global Development and Population programme at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, explained how WIEGO has helped her understand “how fundamental...
This 2018 study by HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) found that despite playing critical roles in the large cardamom and allo value chains, women home-based workers in Nepal are invisible and disadvantaged. “In the large cardamom value chain, the work put in by the women, in the farming and processing...
Waste pickers in three coastal cities in Argentina, Ghana and Senegal are taking part in a WIEGO project (2018 –2020) to build their skills, improve leadership and strengthen their organizations. The project is expected to result in improvements to their livelihoods and to the environment.
On March 7, 2019, the WIEGO Delhi Focal City team organized “Women Speak – Workers’ Narratives” hosted by the India Habitat Center. Seven informal workers from Delhi City—one construction worker, three home-based workers, one street vendor and one waste picker—told their own stories, in their own...
WIEGO's April 2019 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers. Download the newsletter in English Haz clic aquí para leer este boletín en español Cliquez ici pour lire cette lettre d'information en français
An exploratory health risk mapping in five waste picker cooperatives in Brazil considers waste pickers' work routines and workplace conditions, and highlights the specific risks faced, which are often exacerbated by the exclusion from labour and social protection measures.
A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders, street vendors and headload porters.
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.