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Ivaneide Souza, Redesol (Minas Gerais) talks about the positive impacts Gender and Waste workshops have on women waste pickers and of the possibilities of ensuring that they are ongoing. She stresses as well the fact that when there is true commitment in achieving something, financial limitations...
This issue of the Research Network for Domestic Worker Rights newsletter, includes information on the implementation process of the ILO Convention, campaigns and news from the world of research. Sections include: Updates on the Convention and Campaign News Research News Conferences and calls...
From this edition of the ILO's newsletter: "As countries around the world consider how to extend the coverage of minimum wages to domestic workers, the ILO has documented examples of how it can be done. In “The Long Journey Home”, Harmony Goldberg examines the struggles for inclusion of domestic...
The perennially fascinating and tactless subject of 21st-century servitude is the theme of this well acted and absorbing film – to be compared with Sebastián Silva’s 2009 gem The Maid, and, from much further back, Joseph Losey’s 1960 classic The Servant. Read more and watch the video .
Recently Narendra Modi got a new office for himself and his ministers at the cost of 150 crores and named it ‘Swarnim Sankul’. Question is while Modi uses hundreds of construction workers to build himself a palatial office, what has the Gujarat Government done for the construction workers? Jignesh...
Martha Chen , International Coordinator of WIEGO, explains the importance of informal work which often accounts 50-90% of jobs and 40-60% on income in developing country economies.
Frances Lund of WIEGO and the University of KwaZulu-Natal describes the rationale for WIEGO’s Exposure Dialogue Programmes organized in association with the Self-Employed Woman’s Association (SEWA) of India and Cornell University.
Frances Lund of WIEGO and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, who has played a key role in the reforms of the pensions and child support in democratic South Africa since 1994, outlines some of the basic principles and outcomes of the changes.
This report details WIEGO's activities during the 2014-2015 financial year. The report is a clear illustration of the way WIEGO seeks to generate insights and promote the skills of informal workers and their organizations to engage effectively in both local and global advocacy activities. Some of...
The paper analyses the evolving politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South in the context of a globalized economy. It addresses the following questions. What kinds of claims are prioritized in relation to women workers? Who is making these claims? To whom are they addressed? What...
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.