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By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Next City's journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking to leaders from across the world who have been convened by the United Nations to draft a New Urban Agenda. For more information, see Next City’s article
By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Next City's journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking to leaders from across the world who have been convened by the United Nations to draft a New Urban Agenda. For more information, see Next City’s article
Suntaree Saeng-Ging of HomeNet Thailand speaks during worker's group meeting at the ILC 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more about this event .
At the International Labour Conference 2016, Prabha Pokhrel of HomeNet South Asia and Home-Based Worker Concern Society Nepal spoke on behalf of the WIEGO delegation to highlight the conditions of homeworkers, the importance of their visibility in official statistics and that they deserve...
At the International Labour Conference in 2016, Sonia George of SEWA spoke during the Worker's Group Meeting for the Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains on behalf of the WIEGO Delegation. She stressed that existing informal livelihoods should be preserved during any regulation process...
At the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation Pakistan calls on governments to recognize and include homeworkers in laws and policies during the Worker's Group Meeting for the Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains.
During the International Labour Conference 2016, Zehra Khan of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation of Pakistan speaks on behalf of the WIEGO Network during the ILC plenary session. Zehra highlights the main challenges of homeworkers operating at the base of global supply chains and why they...
To mark inclusion of Waste pickers and Informal Waste Dealers in the recently released Solid & Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, an evening of readings from the book Bicycle Dreaming by Mridula Koshy interspersed by personal stories by waste pickers from various cities. (Video is in English and...
Tatiana Rojas Orellana, tesorera de CONTEXTIL (Confederación Nacional de Federaciones y Sindicatos de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Textiles Manufacturas, Servicios, Subcontrato y Domicilio de Chile) y miembro de la delegacion de WIEGO en la Conferencia Internacional de Trabajo de la OIT presenta las...
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Cal Poly Pomona hosted a symposium (1-hour) on street vending on May 19, 2016. Organized by Dr. Alvaro Huerta and his urban planning graduate students, in association with co-sponsors, this educational symposium focused on a key question:...
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.