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"We're here to discuss one of the most profound challenges of our time—how to create jobs, how to increase incomes, and how to improve working conditions in today's globalized economy." That’s how WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Sally Roever, introduced a public dialogue on formalizing the...
Since 2016, WIEGO’s Law Programme and its Organization and Representation Programme has partnered with the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) to promote the implementation of R204 (the ILO Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy) in Malawi.
The WIEGO Organization and Representation Programme was set up in 1997 under the leadership of Dan Gallin, former Secretary General of the IUF and current chair of GLI. From 2004-2017 Christine (Chris) Bonner served as Programme Director. Building and strengthening informal worker organization, and...
WIEGO's Law Programme aims to challenge mainstream assumptions about law and informal workers -- namely that informal workers operate outside the law, or that their work is criminal -- at multiple levels. One important way we do this is by engaging in global agenda-setting processes. For example, in...
Engaging in Global Agenda-setting Processes For example, in 2016, we participated in the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel ( UN HLP ) for Women’s Economic Empowerment, which was created to define an actionable agenda for improving economic outcomes for women in the context of the...
A conceptual framework, developed in WIEGO’s early years, posed the core question that continues to drive the Social Protection Programme: Under what circumstances can which kind of workers in the informal economy (especially poorer working women) secure access to what core measures of provision...
An Examination of Social Protection for Informal Workers in Global Value Chains Working with the ILO and World Bank, WIEGO used value chain analysis as a medium to explore social protection—a world first, we believe. We commissioned comparative case studies on risks and access to social protection...
The Inclusive Cities Project: UPP was key to implementing a multi-country project that ran from 2008-14 with partners from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Learn more. Building Inclusive Cities: Highlights from the Inclusive Cities Project , reflects impacts of the project. Informal Economy...
In addition to our programmes and projects, WIEGO undertakes a range of special initiatives, primarily focused on advancing research and expanding dialogue on the informal economy. These are designed and implemented in collaboration with members or partners from WIEGO’s constituent groups...
WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference In its first two decades, WIEGO has been at the forefront of developing new concepts and methods for understanding and measuring the informal economy. To mark WIEGO’s 20th Anniversary, and to identify new paths for research and thinking on the informal...
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.