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Mexico City, Mexico "Dialogues on Public Space: Informal Work and Mobility" took place on June 13, 2018, in Mexico City. The objective of the event was to create a space for dialogue and discussion between informal workers who perform their activities in the public space and activists of groups of...
Shoe shiners in Mexico City have worked in Glorieta de Insurgentes Square for decades to earn their livelihoods. When they were unceremoniously evicted by the municipality under the guise of modernization, they decided to fight back.
The COVID-19 crisis has hit Mexico City hard, and informal workers have been hit the hardest. Many of these workers lost their livelihoods completely during the start of the crisis in 2020. Since then, earnings have been slow to recover and workers across sectors continue to face severe economic and...
WIEGO’s Tania Espinosa Sánchez and Yuleina Carmona talk about the success of the Lxs Rifadxs campaign in Mexico City, which helped residents to see waste pickers in a new and more positive light.
WIEGO Team bios Programme Team Sally Roever International Coordinator See specialist profile Joann Vanek Senior Advisor, Statistics See specialist profile Françoise Carré Director, Statistics Programme See specialist profile Laura Alfers Director, Social Protection Programme See specialist profile...
Abstract: Español: El presente documento agrupa las voces de los siguientes grupos de trabajadores en empleo informal en la Ciudad de México: artesanos, aseadores de calzado, ayateros, vendedores ambulantes de café, diableros, mariachis, músicos norteños, organilleros, comerciantes—que pueden ser...
Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their earnings as the pandemic took hold. This blog describes some of the most crucial issues workers faced during the pandemic, based on the interviews conducted for WIEGO’s COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study as lockdowns were...
Les travailleuse·eur·s de l'économie informelle ont perdu près de 80 % de leurs revenus lorsque la pandémie est arrivée. Essentiel·le·s au maintien des systèmes d'alimentation, de soins et de gestion des déchets pendant la crise, elles·ils ont pourtant été les plus durement touché·e·s, car elles·ils...
Como consecuencia de la pandemia, lxs trabajadorxs en la economía informal perdieron cerca del 80 % de sus ingresos. Durante la crisis, cumplieron un rol esencial en el sostenimiento de los sistemas de gestión de alimentos, cuidados y residuos. Y, sin embargo, fueron lxs más golpeadxs, ya que no...
Olga Abizaid - Global Focal Cities Coordinator Olga Abizaid has worked with WIEGO in a variety of roles since 2014. Currently, she provides support to WIEGO's work in Colombia, Peru and Senegal to strengthen, and give visibility to, informal workers organizations. This entails documenting the...
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.