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In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy laws, which are often used to evict or arrest workers who work in public space, to be unconstitutional.
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...
Organizations representing over 2.1 million workers in informal employment around the world call on governments to prioritize the future of this essential workforce, as policymakers respond to the climate crisis, amid the soaring cost of living. Labour policies and social protection systems designed...
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...
This World Day for Safety and Health at Work, WIEGO stands in solidarity with workers in informal employment across the globe who shoulder the burdens of health and livelihood risks. We give our unwavering support to those who struggle onwards to ensure accountability and to secure their right to...
This brief describes the unprecedented census of waste pickers that took place in 2012 in Bogota, as mandated by rulings of the Constitutional Court of Colombia.
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Chile nationally in 2019 and 2020, with a focus on six groups of workers who are mainly informally employed. How the COVID-19 crisis impacted employment in these groups is also included. The data in this document are derived from Informal Workers in...
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Peru nationally in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informally employed. How the COVID-19 crisis impacted employment in these groups is also included. The data in this document are derived from Informal...
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.
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...
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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.