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El movimiento mundial de recicladores y recicladoras perdió a una importante figura, y WIEGO perdió a un amigo, cuando Exequiel Estay falleció el miércoles 22 de enero de 2020.
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) has produced a guidebook of practical tools to help policymakers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and other stakeholders develop good policy and practices around extending social protections to informal workers and facilitating transitions to...
The world is rapidly transforming and one of the biggest trends right now is the new world of work. But forget all the talk about a future of automation and robots. We’ve already reached a tipping point: 61 per cent of the world’s workforce is now informally employed . In 2020, we’ll be digging into...
Integrating the informal sector in solid waste management plans WIEGO's Waste Picker Specialist, Dr. Sonia Dias led a webinar that focused on the inclusion of the informal sector in waste management systems. The webinar, which was targeted at city officials who work within the cities that are part...
This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data: by sex by occupational groups (domestic workers, home-based workers, market traders, street vendors and waste pickers) by status of employment by educational levels by age It...
In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets, met with local officials and stood in front on the International Labour Organization in Geneva demanding to be seen, heard and, ultimately, treated with the...
In this article, Laura Alfers discusses how the extension of social security to informal workers is possible.
The clock is ticking on the road to meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets by 2030. Governments everywhere are strategizing and implementing to reach these and other global benchmarks. But are top-down solutions suitable for bringing much-needed change to complex social, economic and...
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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.