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(Esta página también está disponible en español) The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III , was a consultative process held every 20 years to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable development. All UN Member States and other relevant...
An example of an inclusionary city is from the global North: the city of Los Angeles in the USA. Street vending is big business in Los Angeles: an estimated 500,000 vendors generate over USD 500 million in revenue each year (Economic Roundtable, cited in Molina 2018 ). Three-quarters of the vendors...
WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers. Workers in each occupational group face unique legal challenges. This page outlines some progressive legal developments that respond to the needs of these...
Strengthening the Global Movement of Street & Market Vendors For a decade, WIEGO has worked closely with StreetNet International, which supports its local/national affiliates in promoting and protecting the rights of street and market vendors and increasing their voice and bargaining power. The...
The WIEGO Perspective Formalization of the informal economy can take different forms: registration, taxation, organization and representation, legal frameworks, social protection, business incentives/support, and more. And formalization means different things to different categories of the informal...
In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ga East Municipal Assembly. Facilitated by WIEGO, the policy dialogue centred on the theme Ensuring Optimal Involvement of the Urban Informal...
COVID-19 Situation and Activity On March 24, with just four hours notice, India went into a 21-day lockdown. The abrupt lockdown triggered a massive humanitarian and migration crisis as workers scrambled to get home. The lockdown has led to a massive loss of livelihoods with no informal workers in...
Every formalization process benefits those who have money. The ones who are left behind are the ones who cannot pay. - Gloria Solórzano, Vendor leader in Peru Peru has one of the highest incidences of informal employment in Latin America – 75 per cent of the workforce is informal (National Household...
In this global crisis, organizations of informal workers have established fundraising campaigns to support these essential, unprotected workers. For the world's 2 billion informal workers, COVID-19 is a dual health and economic crisis. Many live and/or work in crowded spaces without running water...
The global COVID-19 crisis is having economic and health impacts on informal workers. Information on this page is designed to help keep informal workers safer during this pandemic, or to assist informal worker organizations and allies in your advocacy efforts with policymakers. More information is...
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.