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Date: Tuesday June 6, 2023 Time: 8:00 - 9:30 (EST) Duration: 90 minutes Language: English only For over two and a half decades, the global network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) has worked alongside membership-based organisations of street vendors and market traders...
111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2023. One recurrent...
Date: Tuesday May 30, 2023 Time: 12:00hrs – 14:00hrs (GMT); 15:00hrs – 17:00hrs (EAT); 14:00hrs – 16:00hrs (SAT) Duration: 2 hours Languages: Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Register to attend! This webinar is organized by the Solidarity Center , the ILAW Network , and the Working Group on...
Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy ILC 110th Session – General discussion on Social and Solidarity Economy: English and Español . About the GSEF The World Social Economy Forum (GSEF) is a global network of local governments and civil society stakeholders...
Date: 27 April, 2023 Time: 10.00 Eastern Time Duration: 90 minutes Language: English only Register to attend! 28th April 2023 marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work , with this year’s theme centring on the recent adoption of health and safety as a fundamental principle and right at work, and...
Date: Tuesday April 11, 2023 Time: 8.00 – 9.15 AM Eastern Time Duration: 75 minutes Language: English World Bank’s Urban Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) invite you to the first in a three-part webinar...
In the wake of the pandemic, developing and middle-income countries are facing increasing pressure to improve domestic resource mobilization. As many of these countries have large informal economies, increasing the tax contributions of the informal sector has become a popular policy choice. Many of...
About the 67 th Commission on the Status of Women The 67 th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is happening from 6-17 March in a hybrid format with virtual parallel events . The main theme of...
Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2023 Time: 8.00 EST / 14.00 CET Duration: 2 hours Language: English, Spanish, French and Russian (interpretation available) Register to attend! This webinar will discuss the future challenges for different social and solidarity economy (SSE) actors (civil society, trade...
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.