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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...
Securing R204 at the ILC 2015 Facilitating Transitions from the Informal to the Formal Economy In June 2015, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the new international labour standard, the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204) . The landmark...
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 27 – 30, 2015 Federico Parra, WIEGO Latin American Waste Picker Coordinator, attended this event. He presented on a panel, Public Services and Infrastructure in the Neo-Liberal City . Federico's presentation was based on his work in with waste pickers in Bogota and their...
From 24-31 May 2015, a WIEGO team joined nearly 300 other delegates from 55 countries at the World Fair Trade Organization’s 13th Biennial Conference in Milan, Italy. Team members included Elaine Jones , Global Trade Director; Edwin Bett, Coordinator of the Kenya Fair Trade Network (KEFAT)...
Medellin, Colombia WIEGO held a two-day workshop for waste picker organizations in Medellin and sourrounding municipalities. This workshop focused on standards for public services and prepared organizations to make proposals for their municipal waste management plans.
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.