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Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo) cooperative talks about her participation at the workshop on women waste pickers, some of the topics that were included and comments on the popular toolkit. Claudia also makes suggestions as to what other areas could be included down the road and speaks...
Valdete Roza from Associação dos Trabalhadores na Limpeza e Material Reciclável de João Monlevade (Atlimarjom) in Minas Gerais shares her views about the workshop where she participated and some of the things she learned from it.
Silvana Maria Leal de Assis from Coopersoli Barreiro and Redesol says that during the workshop she realized the she had capacities and qualities she was not aware she had to face difficulties. She also discusses how the coaching method works.
Ivaneide Souza, Redesol (Minas Gerais) talks about the positive impacts Gender and Waste workshops have on women waste pickers and of the possibilities of ensuring that they are ongoing. She stresses as well the fact that when there is true commitment in achieving something, financial limitations...
The perennially fascinating and tactless subject of 21st-century servitude is the theme of this well acted and absorbing film – to be compared with Sebastián Silva’s 2009 gem The Maid, and, from much further back, Joseph Losey’s 1960 classic The Servant. Read more and watch the video .
Martha Chen , International Coordinator of WIEGO, explains the importance of informal work which often accounts 50-90% of jobs and 40-60% on income in developing country economies.
Frances Lund of WIEGO and the University of KwaZulu-Natal describes the rationale for WIEGO’s Exposure Dialogue Programmes organized in association with the Self-Employed Woman’s Association (SEWA) of India and Cornell University.
Frances Lund of WIEGO and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, who has played a key role in the reforms of the pensions and child support in democratic South Africa since 1994, outlines some of the basic principles and outcomes of the changes.
(Español) Neida Clara Tamayo Torrico de la Red de Recolectores de Santa Cruz, Bolivia discute algunas de las dificultades que enfrentan los recicladores en su labor y sobre su lucha por obtener una ley que reconozca su trabajo, así como de apoyos del gobierno en varios aspectos que afectan sus vidas...
Interview de Shalini Sinha (WIEGO), experte sur le travail informel des femmes, dans le cadre de la campagne "Fair chances" - Oxfam-Magasins du monde Il y a cinq vidéos: 1. Quelles sont les conditions de travail des femmes pauvres en Inde? 2. Quels sont les principaux défis des artisanes sur leur...
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.