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Cooperative solutions: Examples of innovation in achieving the SDGs Creating decent jobs through cooperative enterprises for the future world of work Sonia Dias , WIEGO’s Waste Sector Specialist, spoke at a discussion on “Creating Decent Jobs Through Cooperative Enterprises for the Future World of...
General Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains In 2016, members of the WIEGO Network participated in the general discussion on decent work in global supply chains at the 105th Session of the ILO International Labour Conference ( ILC) in Geneva. The general discussion offered an important...
Twenty Years and Time for Action Event Celebrating Home-Based Workers , an international event in March 2016, was organized by HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) and WIEGO. Held in Ahmedabad, India, it marked the 20th anniversary of the Home Work Convention (C177) and shined a spotlight on the lives and work...
Hosted by the Africa Research Institute (ARI), this event showcased WIEGO's research and analysis with a particular focus on Africa. Marty Chen, WIEGO’s International Coordinator, presented on the size and scope of the informal economy and on policy implications for city and national governments in...
WIEGO’s Victoria Okoye attended the Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting provided a platform to debate regional priorities for the New Urban Agenda and to develop a final regional participants' declaration. The final declaration from Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting...
Paris, France In 2015 COP21, an annual international conference that reviews the implementation of the UN’s Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for the first time in its history aimed to develop a universal, legally-binding agreement on climate to limit global warming. Along with WIEGO, several...
12:15-14:30 Hotel José Antonio WIEGO and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) convened the fifth multi-stakeholder meeting on solid waste recyclers. In this event, the experiences regarding waste picker inclusion as service providers in Bogota, Colombia were shared. It was also an opportunity to...
In August, 2015 in Durban, South Africa, WIEGO facilitated a planning, evaluation, and leadership workshop for SASEWA leadership and 17 home-based worker members. The workshop focused on evaluating SASEWA’s organizational plans, reflecting on organizing lessons learned, enhancing leadership skills...
A Regional Course on Statistics on Informality: Informal economy, work and employment was held 6-10 July 2015 at the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in Chiba, Japan. The course was co-sponsored by SIAP, the Statistics Division of the United Nations Economic and Social...
The goal of the Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop was to determine the future direction of WIEGO's Child Care Initiative. Through this initiative WIEGO hoped to raise the visibility of childcare as an essential component of social protection for informal workers and to better understand 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.