The WIEGO Board of Directors is comprised of:
- three representatives of membership-based organizations of informal workers (one of whom serves as the Chair)
- two representatives each from WIEGO's other two constituencies: researchers and development practitioners, and
- other persons needed to carry out the functions of the Board.
The current Directors, most elected or re-elected to the Board at the WIEGO General Assembly in 2018, are:
Mirai Chatterjee, Chair of the Board
Director of the Social Security Team
at Self-Employed Women’s Association, (SEWA), India
Barbro Budin
International Union of Food and Allied Workers,
Switzerland
Gabriela Calandria Alvarez
StreetNet / AFFE, Uruguay
Debra Davis (Treasurer)
Independent Consultant, UK
Luciana Fukimoto Itikawa
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lin Lim
Independent Consultant, Malaysia
Patrick Ndlovu
Asiye eTafuleni, South Africa
Uma Rani
International Labour Organization, India
William Steel
University of Ghana, Ghana
Elizabeth Tang
International Domestic Workers' Federation (IDWF)
Former Board member and past chair
Renana Jhabvala
Self-Employed Women’s Association, India
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