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This video is in Spanish. Lucia Fernandez, Waste Picker Sector Advisor for WIEGO, provides an urban perspective on the displacement of waste pickers during the XIX century in Paris, and currently in Montevideo. This presentation was part of the Right to the City Panel. She discusses how urban...
Equal Exchange and The Perennial Plate, produced a short documentary titled, "Women in Coffee." From farmer to barista, the film profiles five inspiring women leaders, each making their mark on the Equal Exchange coffee supply chain.
This video provides essential insight into the contributions of informal workers as well as the many hurdles they face in securing their livelihoods. It also features the benefits of organizing with case studies from Ghana, India and Thailand. Español | Français
Excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha Chen . Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a network focused on securing livelihoods for the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. Alongside informal workers, researchers...
Excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha (Marty) Chen . This video focuses on the importance of bringing recognition and dignity to the informal economy, and its impact on growth (economic and social), inclusivity, and equality. "Informal workers need voice...
“…what we want to make is a more fair and equal world.” In these excerpts from an interview with WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Martha Chen, she discusses WIEGO’s agenda as an organization—its mandate, focused on the visibility, voice, and validity of informal workers around the world, and how...
El nuevo video de WIEGO, "Organizándose para el cambio: Trabajadoras y trabajadores en la economía informal” proporciona información esencial sobre las contribuciones de las personas que laboran en empleo informal, así como los muchos obstáculos a los que se enfrentan para asegurar sus medios de...
La nouvelle vidéo de WIEGO, « S'unir pour le changement : travailleuses et travailleurs dans l'économie informelle » donne un aperçu essentiel des contributions des personnes qui travaillent dans l'économie informelle, ainsi que les nombreux obstacles qu'elles rencontrent pour assurer leurs moyens...
Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Specialist, participated in Avina Foundation's series on how urban experts imagine their cities in the next twenty years. For Sonia, she hopes Belo Horizonte will be a greener and more inclusive city. In this sense, she stresses it should be a city where all citizens...
In this Avina series, Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Specialist, discusses the importance of fostering more awareness on gender dynamics in the waste picking sector, particularly given the context of Latin America. There is a need for policy makers to better understand the role of women in the informal...
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.