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This newsletter offers highlights from the past year in the seven elements of WIEGO's Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers project. The project is supported by a Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW) grant from the Government of the Netherlands. Learn more about this...
From the website: Research has demonstrated that when women are economically empowered, entire communities benefit. Yet until now, there has been a crucial knowledge gap regarding the most effective interventions to advance women’s economic opportunities. To address this gap, the UN Foundation and...
An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
A raíz de toda la situación que afronta el alcalde Petro por el esquema de basuras, conocemos de procesos donde se solicita la nulidad del decreto que lo implementó, eso haría retroceder todo, incluyendo los derechos que se les han reconocido a los recicladores y pone en incertidumbre nuestra...
This video describes WIEGO's program "Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers" with Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative in Uganda.
As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and learn from each other. This hub gives you access to free and impartial LED knowledge, resources and contacts of the highest...
As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and learn from each other. This hub gives you access to free and impartial LED knowledge, resources and contacts of the highest...
As described on LEDNA's website , LEDNA is: A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers and practitioners to work together and learn from each other. This hub gives you access to free and impartial LED knowledge, resources and contacts of the highest...
This report is a summary of the purpose, activities, achievements, and challenges of Law & Informal Economy Project in Accra, Ghana.
This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of work, in a context of real wage rises since about 2005 and the ubiquity of informal labour contracts. It examines the micro level impact of demand and supply...
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.