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Presentation by Lucia Fernandez, WIEGO Global Coordinator, Waste Pickers, at ExpoCatadores 2012.
Concept Note for High Level Panel at European Development Days, written by Henrik Huitfeldt of the European Commission and Marty Chen of the WIEGO Network. Objectives of the panel: This high-level panel of academics, policy-makers and practitioners aimed to take stock on the diversity in the...
Presentation given during panel discussion, "The Perspective of the Working Poor in the Informal Economy." The panel was conducted at EU Development Days, a conference on labor and development, October 2012. See also: Concept note Video of panel discussion
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Elaine Jones, Global Trade Programme Director at WIEGO, participated in the Women for Women conference in the UK in June, 2012. Listen to her presentation and others here .
Ela Bhatt, founder of SEWA and a founding member of WIEGO, was the speaker at the graduation for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from that school. Read Ela's graduation speech here .
Ela Bhatt, founding member of WIEGO and founder of SEWA, is also a previous winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award (the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize). She recently gave the keynote address at the 2012 reunion conference of Magsaysay award winners in Chennai, India. Her speech relates to...
Presentation notes from webinar, "Fair Trade for Women Producers: Role of Collective Enterprises for Market Access." The presentation is based on findings from the study, Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade . The webinar was hosted by Women's Economic Leadership in Agricultural...
Panel Presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Presentation from the Cape Town conference on research on the informal economy
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.