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Geneva, Switzerland Global Deal Senior Officials Meeting and High-Level Seminar took place on November 22nd and 23rd 20017, in Geneva, Switzerland. On the 22nd, the High-Level Seminar “Making Globalisation Work for Everyone: The Global Deal and Trade” discussed the challenges to reduce inequality in...
Cambridge, MA, United States Over the past two decades, WIEGO has been at the forefront of developing new concepts, measures and methods for understanding and measuring the informal economy. To mark WIEGO’s 20th Anniversary , and to identify new paths for research and thinking on the informal...
Washington DC, USA The Law, Justice and Development Week 2017 took place from November 6th to 10th, in Washington DC, United States. The event was organized by the World Bank, and gathered specialists from several areas to discuss issues around the theme of gender inequality. The event aimed to...
London, United Kingdom On November 7, 2017, in London, the Women’s Economic Justice working group of the Gender and Development Network (GADN) hosted a talk by Renana Jhabvala , Coordinator of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and WIEGO’s Board Chair. Renana discussed her work as a member...
Durban, South Africa On November 1st and 3rd 2017, the FES-WIEGO Child Care and Social Protection for Informal Workers – International Meeting was held in Durban, South Africa. Co-organised by WIEGO and FES, this meeting sought to bring together some of the member-based organizations working on...
Geneva, Switzerland Photo: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage The 30th World Congress of the Public Service International (PSI) took place on October 30, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event is held every five years, and was to approve the Programme of Action for the 2018-2022 period. Titled...
Zurich, Switzerland Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage On October 26, 2017, the Center for Human Rights Studies and the Center for Ethics at the University of Zurich hosted a conference on the legal and economic empowerment of the entrepreneurial poor. The conference specifically...
Maputo/Mozambique Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage The Africa Platform on Social Protection (APSP) Conference “Rights Based Social Protection in Africa: Opportunities, Lessons and Future Implications” took place between October 18th and 20th 2017 in Maputo as part of Mozambique’s...
Bangkok, Thailand Photo by: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage On October 13th to 15th, 2017, leaders of the Federation of Informal Workers (FIT) representing four occupational sectors (home-based workers, domestic workers, street vendors and motorcycle taxi drivers) met for negotiations and...
Washington, D.C., United States Co-authored by WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Marty Chen, and WIEGO’s Deputy Director of the Social Protection programme, Rachel Moussié, the publication “The IMF and Gender Equality: A Compendium of Feminist Macroeconomic Critiques” was launched at 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.