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The Informal Economy in Yogyakarta WIEGO General Assembly participants had a chance to see how the informal economy operates in Yogyakarta. In November 2014, seven groups travelled to a different location. Here are brief write-ups and/or photos from each site. Organization: Apikri - Cloth Batik...
Bangkok is a complex mega-city that offers positive examples of inclusive planning for and with informal workers. WIEGO works with informal workers in this city, especially home-based workers and street vendors, to document advances--and ongoing threats to livelihoods.
General Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains In 2016, members of the WIEGO Network participated in the general discussion on decent work in global supply chains at the 105th Session of the ILO International Labour Conference ( ILC). The general discussion offered an important...
Historic Delhi Declaration of Home-Based Workers Approved "We, the members of 60 networks, associations and trade unions of home-based workers, together with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and researchers from 24 countries, met in New Delhi on the 8th and 9th of February 2015 at the Global...
Workers in the informal economy are playing an important role in climate change mitigation. Further, they usually leave a smaller carbon footprint than their formal counterparts. Yet informal workers and the informal economy are too often overlooked in climate change deliberations and green economy...
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Late 1960s Study in Accra, Ghana focus of study : low-income activities in Accra of unskilled migrants from Northern Ghana who could not find wage employment coined term “informal sector” key question: does the “reserve army of urban unemployed and underemployed” constitute a passive exploited...
Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal workers. WIEGO has produced analyses in South Africa, Liberia, Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines. Longer reports and briefs are available.
These basic facts are at the core of WIEGO's work around social protection. Informal is normal. Informal employment accounts for the majority (61%) of employment worldwide (as high as 89 per cent in Sub-Saharan Africa and 88 per cent in southern Asia). Social protection is a right for all workers...
June 2012 Informal Workers and Allies Raised their Voices in Rio WIEGO and its allies participated in “RIO+20 – United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development” – and in the concurrent People’s Summit. In both arenas, we were striving to ensure the voices of informal workers were heard as world...
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.