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Ford Foundation announced a five-year, US$25 million grant to sustain and strengthen the global movement calling on governments at all levels to invest in protections for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers as a central component of economic recovery plans.
Despite a pre-pandemic modest decrease in the number of people living in extreme poverty, the number of extremely poor increased by about 224 million between March and December 2020.
The Academy targets ILO's tripartite constituents, policymakers involved in SSE, practitioners from development partner agencies and international organizations, SSE entrepreneurs and practitioners, and members from academia and researchers.
This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Madhya Pradesh, one of India's poorest states. Domestic workers are not included in the Madhya Pradesh state government’s labour regulations, and there is no minimum wage notification for this group of...
WIEGO and its affiliates stand in solidarity with the 180 waste pickers in Mushroomville who were given notice of eviction on 15th November 2021 from the area they have lived and worked in for over a decade. The final eviction notice, served by the Gauteng High Court, is a blow to this group of...
This policy brief aims to provide a descriptive picture of the condition of domestic workers in Tamil Nadu, one of the first Indian states in which the National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM) began organizing domestic workers in the mid-1980s. Compared to several other Indian states, Tamil Nadu...
The restructuring of the Mbeubeuss dump where over 2,000 men and women earn their living is part of Senegal's “acceleration” programme and, despite the president’s commitment to listen to the waste pickers’ demands, these workers will be left behind if they are not included in the project.
As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding halt, we are writing to you as worker organizations and trade unions from South and South-East Asia garment production countries. This letter represents...
In time for the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a new tool for calculating greenhouse gas emissions mitigated by waste pickers activity will be shared with the public for the first time. In 2020, waste pickers from Colombia’s Association of Recyclers of Bogotá (ARB) prevented the...
Uma ferramenta de metodologia e calculadora que estima as emissões de gases de efeito estufa evitadas por grupos de catadores. A ferramenta, desenvolvida para organizações de catadores e seus apoiadores, mensura as emissões de gases de efeito estufa evitadas com os seguintes métodos de tratamento de...
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.