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Shoe shiners in Mexico City have worked in Glorieta de Insurgentes Square for decades to earn their livelihoods. When they were unceremoniously evicted by the municipality under the guise of modernization, they decided to fight back.
International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF) affiliates from across Africa gathered in May at this workshop, aimed at strengthening worker leaders' skills in negotiating with employers and with government. This was a follow up to the Making it Real workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya in June 2018.
The “Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real” workshop was held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The event, hosted by WIEGO and the IDWF, gathered representatives of all IDWF affiliates across Africa. This workshop was a follow up to the Domestic Workers and C189: Making it Real...
This paper examines inequality in the domain of work with a specific focus on informal work. It explores the relationship between informal employment, income poverty and income inequality, featuring national data dis-aggregated in telling ways, as well as grounded research findings, and brings in...
Supermarkets have spread rapidly across the Global South, but what implications does this growth have on informal food retailers and the food security of low-income households? For over 10 years, the African Centre for Cities (ACC), at the University of Cape Town, has worked on urban food security...
En el Sur Global, los supermercados han proliferado con rapidez, pero ¿qué implicaciones conlleva esta expansión para los vendedores informales de comida y la seguridad alimentaria de las familias con bajos ingresos? Durante más de 10 años, el African Centre for Cities (Centro Africano para las...
Les supermarchés se sont rapidement répandus dans les pays du Sud, mais que sont les répercussions de cette expansion sur les commerces informels d’aliments et la sécurité alimentaire des ménages à faible revenu ? Depuis plus de 10 ans, le Centre africain des villes (CAC) de l’Université du Cap...
African migration—its drivers, dynamics, and consequences—increasingly features in European and global policy debates. Through an examination of existing data, this report argues there are few reasons to expect dramatic changes in migration within and from sub-Saharan Africa. In coming years...
The WIEGO Urban Policies Team analyzed news articles on street vendors from six continents over the past 18 months to gain a better understanding of how these informal workers are — or, more precisely, “aren’t” — being incorporated into 21st-century cities. A troubling portrait emerged of widespread...
Mexico City, Mexico On Monday, 6 May 2019, WIEGO and COPRED hosted a press conference in Mexico City where they released a document that includes a series of demands from workers - a direct result of mesas which were held in late February. COPRED and WIEGO planned to launch a photo-video campaign...
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.