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Regulating global value chains to realize labour rights for homeworkers

By
Marlese von Broembsen
Presentation from Session 8 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference - "Homeworkers in Global Value Chains."

Waste and Citizenship Forum: New Politics of Public Policy?

Presentation from Session 9 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference - "Informal Workers and the State."

Wastepickers and the right to the city: Forging a new conceptualization of "the public" in waste management

By
Lucia Fernandez
Presentation during Session 6 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference "Waste Pickers: Conceptualization of 'The Public' in Waste Management."

GADN event: A conversation with Renana Jhabvala

By
Gender and Development Network
The GADN Women’s Economic Justice working group recently hosted a conversation with Renana Jhabvala of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO). The following includes some of the points made by Renana during the event, and...

WIEGO Research on Informal Employment: Key Methods, Indicators and Findings

Presentation during Session 2 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Informal Employment."

Application of Definition and Methods in Mexico

By
Rodrigo Negrete
Presentation during Session 2 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Informal Employment."

Old and New Forms of Informal Labour

By
Uma Rani
Presentation during Session 4 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Informality and Economics."

Extending Good Labor Practices to Workers at the Base of Global Value Chains: New Institutions in the Labor Market

Presentation during Session 8 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Homeworkers in Global Value Chains."

Informal Workers and the Indian State

By
Rina Agarwala
Presentation during Session 9 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Informal Workers and the State."

Domestic workers, informal construction workers, and the state...and almost everything else

By
Chris Tilly
Presentation during Session 9 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference on "Informal Workers and the State."
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Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Domestic Workers and C189: Making it Real, Africa

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.

Domestic Workers, Organizing & Organizations, Law
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Workers Education/Organizing Materials
Working in Public Space: A Manual for Street Vendors
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.
Inclusive Cities / Urban Policies, Street / Market vendors
Ghanian vendor with bananas
WIEGO Working Papers
Tax Justice and the Informal Economy: A Review of the Debates
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.
Inclusive Cities / Urban Policies