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Este informe sobre la Segunda reunión de organizaciones de trabajadoras y trabajadores en domicilio y colaboradores en Latinoamérica, Santiago de Chile está disponible in English en español em português Más información sobre la reunión (en inglés) Más información sobre el movimiento global de...
Este informe sobre a Segundo Encontro Regional de Organizações de Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras Domiciliares e Apoiadores na América Latina, Santiago de Chile está disponível in English en español em português Mais informações sobre la reunión (em inglês) Mais informações sobre o movimento global de...
This document reviews WIEGO's work in Latin America, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building, strengthening networks and advocacy. It also provides a review of WIEGO's Focal Cities work in Lima, Peru.
A compilation of laws and policies protecting home-based workers (wage-employed and self-employed), the document was prepared over five years with the help of several organizations from six countries in Latin America.
El presente documento es una compilación de las leyes y políticas que protegen a las trabajadoras y los trabajadores a domicilio (asalariados y autoempleados) que Mujeres en Empleo Informal: Globalizando y Organizando (WIEGO, por su sigla en inglés) ha recopilado en los últimos cinco años con ayuda...
El primer paso incluye el lanzamiento de una plataforma política sobre seguridad social Las trabajadoras del hogar se enfrentan a muchos desafíos en su lucha por mejorar sus condiciones de trabajo. Generalmente, luchan en soledad, detrás de las puertas cerradas de los hogares en los que trabajan...
First step includes launch of new social security policy platform Domestic workers face many challenges in their fight for better working conditions. At a very basic level, these workers struggle in isolation, behind the closed doors of employers’ homes, with few opportunities to hear what others...
Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente de su país y un panel de dignatarios para hablarles sobre los desafíos que afrontan ella y otros vendedores ambulantes, y más importante, lo que estos...
By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of her country and a panel of dignitaries to tell them about the challenges she and other street vendors face – and, importantly, what these policymakers could do to...
WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil to identify the unique needs of women working in this sector and how those needs can be addressed. On this International Women’s Day, we go behind the scenes...
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.