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In March 2019, the WIEGO Delhi Focal City team organized “Women Speak – Workers’ Narrative”, hosted by the India Habitat Center. Seven informal workers—one construction worker, three home-based workers, a street vendor and a waste picker—told their stories in their own words to a large, rapt...
El próximo mes, sabremos si el conmovedor retrato del director Alfonso Cuarón Orozco sobre una trabajadora del hogar en México en los años 70, recibirá un Óscar de la Academia. Habiendo sido recientemente galardonada como “Mejor película” en los premios de la crítica , las expectativas son altas. La...
Remembering a Postcard from Geneva and Reaffirming a Campaign Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers In June 1995, Dr. Marty Chen , now WIEGO’s International Coordinator, went to Geneva, Switzerland, to show solidarity with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the home...
About the 67 th Commission on the Status of Women The 67 th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is happening from 6-17 March in a hybrid format with virtual parallel events . The main theme of...
Recordando una tarjeta postal de Ginebra y reafirmando una campaña Shalini Sinha, Sector Specialist, Home-Based Workers En junio de 1995, la Dra. Marty Chen , actualmente Coordinadora Internacional de WIEGO, fue a Ginebra, Suiza, para mostrar solidaridad con la Asociación de Mujeres Autoempleadas...
Introduction: Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and notes from the field from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal workers. We capture these on a regular basis in order to provide a dynamic picture of the ways in which informal workers in Delhi are...
WIEGO's press room for journalists: contacts, information and areas of expertise on the informal economy and informal workers.
Olga Abizaid - Global Focal Cities Coordinator Olga Abizaid has worked with WIEGO in a variety of roles since 2014. Currently, she provides support to WIEGO's work in Colombia, Peru and Senegal to strengthen, and give visibility to, informal workers organizations. This entails documenting the...
Across the Global South, most urban workers make their livelihoods in the informal economy. The Urban Policies Programme (UPP) strives to transform urban systems so informal workers have higher and more stable incomes, secure places to work and live and the capacity to negotiate sustainable gains in...
The WIEGO Working Paper Series features research, particularly policy-relevant research, that makes a contribution to existing knowledge about the informal economy. The series includes statistical profiles of informal employment and critical analysis of data collection and classification methods...
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.