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History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for their husbands. - Renana Jhabvala, President of HomeNet South Asia and Chairperson of WIEGO, Opening address The home-based worker movement has its roots in the...
A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste pickers face and their needs.
The Work in Lima Since 2010, WIEGO has implemented several initiatives in Lima, Peru, creating a critical mass of work on informal employment issues. In Lima, WIEGO works with seven sectors of informal workers: Street vendors Market vendors Domestic workers Waste pickers Newspaper vendors Market...
Conversation held on April 23, 2020 between Flor de Liz Feijoo (SUA General Secretary) and Laura Morillo (ORP WIEGO). All images and videos provided by SUA. en español El Sindicato Unico de la Aguja SUA from Uruguay was created in 1901 and organizes workers in the clothing sector. The union is...
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...
En 2017 WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) inició el “Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de los derechos humanos de los recicladores en América Latina”, a través del cual se documentó la situación y violaciones a los derechos humanos de los recicladores en 6...
The COVID-19 crisis has hit Mexico City hard, and informal workers have been hit the hardest. Many of these workers lost their livelihoods completely during the start of the crisis in 2020. Since then, earnings have been slow to recover and workers across sectors continue to face severe economic and...
WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO's database of social protection responses to the pandemic, as well as the trends and changes in the Social Protection for Informal Workers landscape, in order to support movements in...
This act outlines the conditions of employment for domestic workers in Barbados.
Ley No 10674: Protección y asistencia en favor de expendedores callejeros de diarios, revistas y billetes de lotería, Perú
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.