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Criciúma, Brazil Photo: Luis Afonso dos Santos/Coleta Seletiva Solidária With the intent of encouraging debate within society on inclusive recycling, the “Selective Waste Collection” Project promoted the photo exhibit “Waste Pickers, Living Matters in Waste: Portraits of Invisibility” from 2 May to...
Mexico City Domestic Worker in Mexico, Photo by L. Arauz. Courtesy: CACEH Convened by the Centre for Support and Capacity The Regional Exchange of Domestic Workers Experiences: C189 & Social Security took place in Mexico City as a result of a joint partnership between WIEGO, the Institute of...
Dubai, UAE The Third Meeting of the UN High-Level Panel (UN HLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment took place on February 6th through 8th, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. WIEGO attended the third official meeting of the UN HLP as part of ongoing participation in the UN HLP process, which began in...
Bangkok, Thailand Jonathan Torgovnik, Getty images / Reportage The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC), an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues, took place on January 30th and 31st, in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the 2017 conference was “Addressing the...
New Delhi, India The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) organized the panel "Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India: Exploring New Collaborations and Engagements" , which took place in New Delhi, India, on December 22nd, 2016. WIEGO’s international coordinator Marty Chen was one of...
Online event Harvard's South Asia Institute organized two webinars on home-based workers in India. WIEGO's International Coordinator, Marty Chen, was the subject expert, and the discussions were moderated by WIEGO's home-based workers specialist Shalini Sinha. The first webinar session, entitled "...
Belo Horizonte, Brazil PIMPEX was an event for dialogue about the challenges faced by women waste pickers working in the streets of Belo Horizonte, with a focus on gender and race. At this event, the Belo Horizonte School of Design, with support from WIEGO, repaired and decorated two manual carts...
Quito, Ecuador Habitat III was the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. The Habitat III process lasted over a year, and involved a range of meetings, consultations and policy discussions geared towards generating input for a global urban development agenda. The...
During the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the UN High-Level Panel for Women's Economic Empowerment (UN HLP for WEE) launched their first report. WIEGO and SEWA were represented on the panel and, since March of 2016, advocated for informal workers' demands and...
Berlin, Germany The “Co-producing sustainable cities?” conference took place in Berlin, Germany, from September 14th to 21st. The event aimed to reflect on the reciprocal relationship between city governments and civil society for sustainable urban development in the global South and North...
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.