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Date: September 12th, 2023 Time: 9:00 EDT | 14:00 BST | 16:00 EAT | 18:30 IST Register to attend! Urban planning plays a crucial role in creating services and infrastructure that support the needs and well-being of young children and their families. Cities present important challenges for the...
Impact: Marginalized Workers Gain Healthcare Access A Health Policy Dialogue, facilitated by WIEGO in Accra in 2012, resulted in over 1,000 kayayei (head porters in Ghana) gain access to health care services through the Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Kayayeis are young women...
A global, multi-city study by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has found that informal workers in Accra are in crisis, earning far less in 2021 than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has responded to this crisis with...
Conference & Meeting Presentations from the OHS Project July 2014 WIEGO and its partners from SEWA, HomeNet Thailand and the Federal University of Bahia attended the Institute of Medicine’s workshop on “Approaches to UHC & OHS for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries.” The Institute is one...
Marrakech, Morocco Africities is a pan-African event that brings together local authorities, financial institutions, development partners and civil society stakeholders from across the continent every three years. The event is hosted by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG). A...
Accra, Ghana Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage On September 30, 2017, members of informal workers’ associations of Accra joined the Women's General Assembly and engaged the Ghanaian Minister of Gender, in Accra, at the Holy Spirit Cathedral Hall. The Assembly is an established platform...
Accra, Ghana Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage Associations of informal economy met representatives of major Ghanaian political parties, at the Ghana National Association of Teachers Hall, in Accra. The theme of the meeting was “Ensuring Optimal Involvement of the Urban Informal Sector in...
WIEGO worked with the Institute for Local Government Studies (ILGS), the StreetNet Ghana Alliance and the Indigenous Caterer's Association of Ghana to achieve several outcomes. Informal Workers Win Concessions at Multi Stakeholder Workshop In 2011, a successful Multi Stakeholder Workshop (MSW) in...
In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ga East Municipal Assembly. Facilitated by WIEGO, the policy dialogue centred on the theme Ensuring Optimal Involvement of the Urban 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.