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Elaine Jones, Global Trade Programme Director at WIEGO, participated in the Women for Women conference in the UK in June, 2012. Listen to her presentation and others here .
Elaine Jones, WIEGO's Global Trade Program Director, gave this presentation at the Fair Trade Futures conference held by the Fair Trade Association .
The article describes findings related to women's experiences in collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement. It includes a discussion on challenges of membership-based organizations. Related publication: Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade
This article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an action research project on producer organizations of working poor women and their engagement in Fair Trade markets. Members of Fair Trade Forum India and Fair Trade Group Nepal participated in a global project on Women’s...
This blog post, "Does Cascading Training in Development Work?" was written by WIEGO's Global Trade Program Director, Elaine Jones. There is a saying that “if you train a woman, you train a village,” and this is certainly true on this coffee-growing mountain, where two organizations—Women in Informal...
This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its call to action under Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote Gender Equity and Empower Women. The action research involved women...
From 24-31 May 2015, a WIEGO team joined nearly 300 other delegates from 55 countries at the World Fair Trade Organization’s 13th Biennial Conference in Milan, Italy. Team members included Elaine Jones , Global Trade Director; Edwin Bett, Coordinator of the Kenya Fair Trade Network (KEFAT)...
This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place in three countries in Africa – Kenya, Ghana and Uganda – between December 2012 and December 2015. The project aimed to develop the leadership and business skills of...
Presentation notes from webinar, "Fair Trade for Women Producers: Role of Collective Enterprises for Market Access." The presentation is based on findings from the study, Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade . The webinar was hosted by Women's Economic Leadership in Agricultural...
Panelists & Structure of Session Chair: Melanie Samson, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Coordinator for Africa, offered opening remarks of how WIEGO’s theory of change takes a unique approach to women’s empowerment. Elaine Jones, WIEGO’s Director of Global Trade, explained the Leadership & Business Skills for...
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.