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During a WIEGO side event at the 3rd session of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III (PrepCom3), Poonsap Tulaphan of HomeNet Thailand discusses how home-based workers and citizens engaged with city government to secure public transport which better served their communities. Learn more about...
En el marco del Tercer Comité preparatorio para Habitat 3, Gloria Solorzano, una lider peruana de la Red Nacional de Trabajadores Autoempleados expone sobre el proceso participativo entre los vendedores ambulantes y el gobierno de Lima para llegar a una nueva ordenanza que regula el comercio...
En el marco del Tercer Comité preparatorio para Habitat 3, Gloria Solorzano, una lider peruana de la Red Nacional de Trabajadores Autoempleados expone sobre el proceso participativo entre los vendedores ambulantes y el gobierno de Lima para llegar a una nueva ordenanza que regula el comercio...
We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe met in Johannesburg, South Africa for the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC...
Note: The data that this fact sheet were based on have been superseded by the new ILO estimates ( Women and Men in the Informal Economy, 3rd Edition , 2018). However, the general patterns described here are still generally valid. This fact sheet will be updated to reflect the new data soon. This...
This newsletter includes links to reports, videos and other information about IDWF. This issue highlights include: International Domestic Workers Day Celebration, participation in UN High Level event, calls for solidarity in Jamaica and US. Disponible en español Other issues of IDWF Newsletter are...
This is the second issue of "SEWA Rashtriya Patrika", SEWA’s Mouthpiece integrating women workers in national development. The theme of this issue is waste, and includes the following features: - New Solid Waste Management Rules in India - SEWA leads successful pilots for waste management by waste...
Juliana Brown Afari talks about why it is important for informal workers to be involved in the Habitat III process and why should goverments keep in mind as they move to implement the New Urban Agenda.
Ritika Sharma of SEWA Bharat talks about why should goverments keep in mind as they move to implement the New Urban Agenda.
VIDEO: Cecilia Susiloretno talks about why it is important for informal workers to be at PrepCom3 and Habitat III
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.