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A WIEGO Network Global Solidarity Platform May 1, 2020 Platform (PDF) Download WhatsApp version and headers for Facebook and Twitter here Español Français Hindi Kiswahili Português русский Informal economy workers’ organizations across the global economy call on governments at all levels to partner...
The community in which WIEGO’s work in Peru is rooted, which includes WIEGO team members, partners, leaders and members of workers' associations, trade unions, colleagues and friends, shares with a heavy heart the news that our very unique Guillermo Pérez has departed from our side. It is extremely...
Español Français Marcelina Bautista migrated from Oaxaca to Mexico City at the age of 14 and found her livelihood in domestic work. Due to the mistreatment she faced as a domestic worker, Marcelina realized that she worked in servitude and that she wanted to change this. She is now a representative...
Español Français Zarina is a home-based worker. She lives in Savda Ghevra, a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Delhi, where she is one of the many home-based workers in the community. She has worked as a tailor out of her home for decades, making gowns and coats for hospitals on order, as well...
Español Français Romilla Chetty—a third-generation trader in Durban’s Warwick Junction and the first woman in her family to run the business—is an advocate for the rights of market traders and street vendors. She sees her trading community as “one big family” and has served as the secretary for the...
Español Français Português I am Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes. I am 25 years old and I am a young black woman and a waste picker. I have worked at ASCITO, a waste picker association from the city of Itabirito—a town in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte in the south-east of Brazil—since I...
Español Français I am Panisara Adiraklarpnukul, a 59-year-old Thai Massage Therapist in Bangkok. I am a member of the Massage Therapist Group Thailand, which organizes informally online. Massage therapists are required to have close contact with customers. Therefore, we were ordered to stop working...
Español Français Português Organizations representing over 2.1 million informal workers from around the world call on governments to accelerate investments in worker protections as a central component of economic recovery plans . In COVID-19 lockdowns one year ago, informal workers across the world...
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.