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WIEGO/IRGLUS book project – 2021-22 How do informal worker livelihoods interface with urban space, law, and the state in the globalized environment? Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanisation, Law, and Informal Work is a two-year edited book project by WIEGO and IRGLUS that explores this theme across...
Negotiating for improved working conditions and social benefits In 2011, through a multi-stakeholder workshop, informal economy workers engaged in negotiation with city and national government representatives for improved occupational health and safety (OHS) in informal markets. Negotiations focused...
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage spaces for groups of workers who work mainly outside the home, including street vendors and waste pickers, as well as carpenters and masons. The homes-cum...
Challenging the Economic Orthodoxies which Undermine Universal Social Protection Our research project aims to produce research which challenges economic orthodoxies. At a global level, the Universal Social Protection 2030 (USP 2030) framework, which is linked to Sustainable Development Goal 1.3 and...
Organization & Representation When workers are organized into strong membership-based organizations (MBOs), they can negotiate for decent work and secure livelihoods. ORP works with informal workers’ organizations and networks to help them achieve the elements for success, including: robust...
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.