Over the course of 20 years working with and learning from membership-based organizations of informal workers representing diverse sectors in a range of different countries, we have built up an archive of examples of good and promising practice. The examples below represent both efforts that WIEGO supports, and efforts that we learned about through our MBO network. 

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WIEGO: 15 Years of Achievements

In April 1997, a group of 10 activists, scholars, researchers, and development professionals who had long worked on the informal economy met in Bellagio, Italy, where they created a project they called “Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing” – WIEGO, for short.

See all biographies of current and past Board of Directors

The WIEGO Board of Directors, as per the provision of our Articles of Association, is comprised of: