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Newsletter This issue contains the features on Inclusion of Waste Recyclers in the Solid Waste Management Rules of Government , Global Supply Chain and Home-Based Workers ” and Members Celebration of Labour Day .
VIDEO: Cecilia Susiloretno talks about why it is important for informal workers to be at PrepCom3 and Habitat III
Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers In June 1995, Dr. Marty Chen , now WIEGO’s International Coordinator, went to Geneva, Switzerland, to show solidarity with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the home...
Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers En junio de 1995, la Dra. Marty Chen , actualmente Coordinadora Internacional de WIEGO, fue a Ginebra, Suiza, para mostrar solidaridad con la Asociación de Mujeres Autoempleadas...
Suntaree Saeng-Ging of HomeNet Thailand speaks during worker's group meeting at the ILC 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more about this event .
At the International Labour Conference 2016, Prabha Pokhrel of HomeNet South Asia and Home-Based Worker Concern Society Nepal spoke on behalf of the WIEGO delegation to highlight the conditions of homeworkers, the importance of their visibility in official statistics and that they deserve...
The ILO Convention 177 on Homework (C177) was adopted at the International Labour Conference (ILC) on 20 June 1996. Organized homeworkers were campaigning to be recognized as workers with rights equal to those of other wage earners. It was the first time in the ILO’s history that a group composed...
During the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation of Pakistan speaks on behalf of the WIEGO Network during the ILC plenary session. Zehra highlights the main challenges of homeworkers operating at the base of global supply chains and why they...
"At an extraordinary meeting of the 18th and 19th of June 2016, we, members of the Association of Home-Based Workers and HomeNet Eastern Europe have discussed our concerns, given that this year marks the 20th anniversary of ILO’s Convention 177 and we note the following..."
Abstract : This qualitative study aims to understand how and why different groups of informal women entrepreneurs in Nepal engage with, or make the transition to the formal sector. Read a news article about the study.
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.