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"We make the city, what does the city do for us?" Hosted by Working Peoples' Charter (WPC), and co-curated by Alliance of Indian Waste-Pickers (AIW) and WIEGO Focal City Delhi, Informal Workers' Narratives was held in Delhi, India, on two days - January 14th and January 18th, 2018. Informal Workers...
Nairobi, Kenya Kampala, Uganda Following the Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW) project in Africa, a workshop took place in Nairobi from January 8th to 9th, and in Kampala from January 10th to 11th 2018. Vanessa Pillay, WIEGO’s Organization and Representation Programme Officer...
Presentation made during the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
Los y las trabajadoras a domicilio de América Latina han dado un importante paso con la creación de un frente unido que luche por su visibilidad y derechos como trabajadores. Formaron la “Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadoras/res en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO...
Presentation during Session 8 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Homeworkers in Global Value Chains."
Presentation from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.
This report presents three examples of emerging institutional arrangements in the labor market from the perspective of the author who works in the garment industry in India. These efforts are works in progress with many gray areas, but together they show that a variety of actors, unions, global...
This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities, obstacles and practices among cooperatives of waste pickers and home-based workers in order to inform future actions and interventions that support cooperative...
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.