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by Avi Singh Majithia May 4, 2020 (Photo: Bal Vikas Dhara staff distributing food ration kits to waste pickers in a Delhi Slum. Credit: Debendra Baral) Waste pickers historically have been essential workers in maintaining public health and hygiene in our cities. In this new time of COVID-19, the...
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The Workers’ Voices webinar series aims to provide a space for learning and exchange where membership-based organizations (MBO) and networks of informal workers can learn about: innovative policy advocacy and organizing strategies during the COVID-19 crisis; and positive policy responses and/or MBO...
Nuestra serie, titulada “La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores”, busca generar un espacio de aprendizaje e intercambio en el que las organizaciones de base (OB) y las redes de trabajadores en empleo informal puedan aprender sobre: estrategias de organización e incidencia en materia de políticas...
City Fact Sheets: 1 - Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery (February 2022) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana (January 2021) 2- Ahmedabad (India) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal...
Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have impacted particularly negatively on informal workers, whose jobs are precarious, who often depend on daily earnings for survival, and who lack legal and social...
Español Français For International Women's Day, WIEGO amplified the voices of women leaders whose organizations stepped up to provide relief when governments failed to do enough during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are their stories. Marcelina Bautista , founder of the Center for Support and Training...
English Français Para el Día Internacional de las Mujeres, WIEGO reunió las voces de mujeres líderes cuyas organizaciones dieron un paso al frente para brindar ayuda cuando los gobiernos no hicieron lo suficiente durante la pandemia de la COVID-19. Estas son sus historias. Marcelina Bautista...
English Español Pour la Journée internationale des femmes, la voix des femmes dirigeantes a été intensifié par WIEGO dont les organisations se sont mobilisées pour apporter des secours lorsque les gouvernements ne sont pas intervenus suffisament pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Voici leurs histoires...
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.