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Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con la inestabilidad salarial y el aislamiento. Sin embargo, han comenzado a organizarse cada vez más. Esta crisis resaltó lo valiosa que puede ser la asociación...
Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien la précarité des revenus et l'isolement. Cependant, elles et ils s'organisent de plus en plus. La crise de la COVID-19 a mis en évidence la grande valeur que l...
Ela R. Bhatt, long-time activist, founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union in India, and also a founder of WIEGO, published an article in The Indian Express on May 6 in which she asks "How do we build a society less susceptible to debt, disease, devastation?"
On March 24, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, announced a 21-day lockdown across India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The very next day, recognizing that the lockdown would break the food supply chain, the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad, India, announced an innovative initiative...
El objetivo del presente documento es ofrecer un panorama general de la situación en la que las personas recicladoras que laboran en el ámbito informal de la economía efectúan su actividad de sustento con el fin de brindar herramientas jurídicas para proteger sus derechos humanos a la luz de los...
Informal economy workers’ organizations across the global economy call on governments at all levels to partner with us on relief, recovery and resilience efforts that are emerging from the grassroots during this time of unprecedented crisis.
Les organisations de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel dans l’économie mondiale appelons aux gouvernements de tous les niveaux à s’associer avec nous dans les initiatives de secours, relèvement et renforcement émergeant des bases pendant cette crise sans précédent.
As organizações de trabalhadoras e trabalhadores informais da economia mundial instamos os governos de todos os níveis a se associarem conosco para colaborar nas iniciativas de assistência, recuperação e fortalecimento que emergem das bases no contexto desta crise sem precedentes.
Организации работников неформальных секторов экономики всего мира призывают правительства на всех уровнях сотрудничать с нами в это время беспрецедентного кризиса для оказания помощи, восстановления и повышения устойчивости на низовом уровне.
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.