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AeT - Traders Present Infrastructure Needs to City Officials: A Milestone in Constructive Engagement
This blog post was written by Tasmi Quazi of AeT. "On 19 October 2016, trader leaders from three informal market districts that have been a part of the Kanyenathi Project presented their infrastructure needs to key city officials responsible for developing and managing informal trade, namely the...
Comfort Dryden of the WIEGO Delegation at Habitat III featured in a video by Next City speaking on inclusion of urban informal workers. A related news article is available on Next City's website.
Gabriela Olguin, una lider de la Confederacion de Trabajadores de la Economia Popular (CTEP) y de la Cooperativa el Adoquin en Argentina habla de la situacion de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio y la necesidad de modificar la ley para proporcionar mejor proteccion a este grupo de trabajadores...
Sobre el Dia internacional de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio - el 20 de octubre - WIEGO entrevistó a Epifania Epinsola (una trabajadora a domicilio) para saber los principales desafios de las trabajadoras, que estan haciendo para organizar y sus principales demandas.
On October 20th, International Home-Based Workers' Day, WIEGO's Dr. Marty Chen discusses current statistics on home-based workers, their needs and main demands and speaks about the international campaign to ratify ILO Home Work Convention C177.
For WIEGO, secure work is the key to tackling poverty. Here's what we would do with 100 million dollars (submitted as part of the MacArthur 100&Change Competition). Photos by: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage Ryan Brown/UN Women Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty...
Report on demolition of traditional open markets, as part of the State government programme to develop Lagos into a “mega city". This report also looks at the validity of the promise to accommodate displaced traders in new ‘ultra-modern’ shopping malls built in place of the destroyed traditional...
This paper reports on a Policy Dialogue of the JWP (Joint Work Programme) Annual Meeting 2016. WIEGO is one of the Cities Alliance members and this report cites WIEGO's Senior Advisor, Marty Chen .
During the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the UN High-Level Panel for Women's Economic Empowerment (UN HLP for WEE) launched their first report. WIEGO and SEWA were represented on the panel and, since March of 2016, advocated for informal workers' demands and...
Renana Jhabvala discusses the UN Secretary-General’s first-ever High-level Panel (UN HLP) for Women’s Economic Empowerment Renana Jhabvala is a world-renowned expert on women in the informal economy. She serves as Chair of the WIEGO Board and has been working with the Self Employed Women’s...
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.