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Sally Roever, WIEGO's International Coordinator, discusses how governments can work with informal workers to make the world of work a safer place.
WIEGO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a joint initiative to work with waste pickers at Mbeubeuss, the largest open air landfill in West Africa, to help these workers organize into a strong cooperative. This is a crucial step toward improving their working conditions.
The WIEGO Statistics Programme is featured in a recently published book by Alnoor Ebrahim. Ebrahim examines an "emergent strategy" in global policy advocacy work, where the relationship between cause and effect is complex. The Statistics Programme's influence is used to illustrate this strategy.
WIEGO is part of a new initiative, coordinated by UN-Habitat, that aims to step-up climate action for the most vulnerable, helping 150 million urban poor adapt to climate change in informal settlements. Building the Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor was presented at the Climate Action Summit on...
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door — and the trucks to do the job.
WIEGO's Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa's informal economy.
When the World Resources Institute (WRI) announced the first-ever Ross Prize for Cities in April 2019, two champions of informal workers—both partners of WIEGO—were among the top five finalists for the prize. Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), a trade union of waste pickers based in Pune...
The WIEGO Senior Advisor, Dr. Martha Chen spoke at the Consultation on the Human Development Report 2019: Inequality in Human Development at the Expert Group Meeting-Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects held in Geneva (April 2-3, 2019). This preparatory meeting, organized by the...
Hewlett Foundation's Ruth Levine shares how WIEGO changed her perception In a Devex online interview , Ruth Levine, outgoing program director of the Global Development and Population programme at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, explained how WIEGO has helped her understand “how fundamental...
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.