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View this page in English Dakar, Sénégal À Dakar, au Sénégal, pendant deux nuits et une journée, des expertes et experts juridiques et des autorités publiques vivront et travailleront avec des vendeuses et vendeurs de rue ainsi que des récupératrices et récupérateurs de matériaux dans le cadre du...
University of Pennsylvania Round-table Philadelphia, PA, USA According to the United Nations Population Division, "More than one half of the world population lives now in urban areas, and virtually all countries of the world are becoming increasingly urbanized." In the global South, the past decade...
The WIEGO Senior Advisor, Dr. Martha Chen spoke at the Consultation on the Human Development Report 2019: Inequality in Human Development at the Expert Group Meeting-Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects held in Geneva (April 2-3, 2019). This preparatory meeting, organized by the...
Hewlett Foundation's Ruth Levine shares how WIEGO changed her perception In a Devex online interview , Ruth Levine, outgoing program director of the Global Development and Population programme at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, explained how WIEGO has helped her understand “how fundamental...
Unity is Our Strength! The 6th Congress of StreetNet International (SNI) took place from 09-12 April, 2019, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. The Congress is the highest decision-making structure in the organization and meets every three years to discuss the challenges of the sector and consult on...
Geneva, Switzerland The Expert Group Meeting- Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects in Geneva was a two-day preparatory meeting organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the World Bank. It helped inform the July 2019 meeting of the United...
Dakar, Senegal Photo credit: Sonia Dias The Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities Strategic Planning Meeting and the first-ever West African waste pickers Workshop was held in Dakar, Senegal from 1-5 April 2019. The event gathered organizers, global waste picker leaders from across the globe (Argentina...
This 2018 study by HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) found that despite playing critical roles in the large cardamom and allo value chains, women home-based workers in Nepal are invisible and disadvantaged. “In the large cardamom value chain, the work put in by the women, in the farming and processing...
Waste pickers in three coastal cities in Argentina, Ghana and Senegal are taking part in a WIEGO project (2018 –2020) to build their skills, improve leadership and strengthen their organizations. The project is expected to result in improvements to their livelihoods and to the environment.
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.