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This book contributes a gender justice framework to analyse and confront the issues and problems of homework. The authors propose four justice dimensions – recognition, representation, rights and redistribution – to examine and analyse homework. This framework also takes into account the structures...
This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and economic origins, its manifestations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Global South, and its consequences for personal and family life.
Increasing numbers of workers across the world experience eroding work related to social protection and those who ‘do’ social policy see this part of society only as citizens, or ‘poor and vulnerable and marginalized people rather than informal workers. The SP programme developed a framework that...
In this report, WIEGO highlights several ways in which the organization has made a significant impact in 2017 and 2018: from shaping the way governments classify dependent workers in their labour force statistics to arming workers’ organizations with the data needed to negotiate with municipalities...
El último año ha sido un tiempo de celebración al recordar los importantes logros de los primeros 20 años de WIEGO, y un momento de ilusión al mirar hacia las oportunidades y desafíos que nos aguardan. Como atestigua este reporte anual, se han realizado progresos importantes. La primera estimación...
L’année qui vient de s’écouler fut ponctuée de célébrations au gré d’une rétrospective consacrée aux 20 premières années de WIEGO et où nos réalisations importantes nous font anticiper les possibilités et les défis à venir.Comme l’atteste le résent rapport annuel, des progrès significatifs ont été...
This Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their members. It fills a gap in the research about how the informal self-employed access opportunities to bargain with entities that have some power over the...
Pepenadores, recicladores, cartoneros, recuperadores, recolectores, waste pickers, récupérateurs, biffins, canners son algunos de los nombres que se usan en varias partes del mundo para denotar a los millones de mujeres y hombres que obtienen sus medios de sustento de la recuperación de materiales...
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.