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Featured Story How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities

Featured Story Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty

Featured Story From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers

A global delegation of technical experts and worker representatives from WIEGO and global networks of workers in informal employment attend the 2025 International Labour Conference

Featured Story Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment

Featured Story The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers

Featured Story A Tragédia Climática do Rio Grande do Sul Revisitada à Luz dos Catadore-as de Recicláveis

Featured Story The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina

Featured Story Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection

Federico Parra Especialista en economía social y solidaria Read Bio

Allison Corkery Directora del Programa de Derecho Read Bio

Sonia Dias Especialista del sector de personas recicladoras Read Bio

Tania Espinosa Sánchez Coordinadora en América Latina, Programa de Derecho Read Bio

Florian Juergens-Grant Asesor general de protección social Read Bio

Laura Alfers Directora del Programa de Protección Social Read Bio

Renata Farías Coordinadora de traducciones e interpretaciones Read Bio

Marlese von Broembsen Director, Law Programme Read Bio

Adama Soumaré Dakar Focal Cities Coordinator Read Bio

Shalini Sinha Especialista en el sector del trabajo en domicilio y estratega para Asia Read Bio

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COVID-19 Crisis Study March 22, 2020

DOMESTIC WORKERS: Frontline Care Workers at Risk

Because their work requires them to be in others’ home—often multiple homes—and to come in close contact with individuals and items that...

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Links with Economic Growth/Crisis March 04, 2020

Impact of the Global Recession on Members of SEWA in India

In early 2009, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, one of the partners in the Inclusive Cities project, conducted a study...

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Child Care March 04, 2020

Three new ways of looking at the urgent need for quality childcare

Few public investments will have as transformative an impact on present and future generations, and on equality between women and men and...

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Climate Change and Just Transition March 01, 2020

Le dilemme des décharges à ciel ouvert : Comment aider l’environnement et respecter les droits humains

Nous avons tous vu ces images : des monticules d’ordures avec d’hommes et femmes fouillant dans les déchets. Cette situation difficile a...

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Climate Change and Just Transition March 01, 2020

El dilema del vertedero a cielo abierto: Cómo ayudar al medioambiente y respetar los derechos humanos

Todas y todos hemos visto imágenes al respecto: enormes montículos de basura con hombres y mujeres hurgando entre los desechos. Esta difícil...

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Climate Change and Just Transition March 01, 2020

The Open Dump Dilemma: How to Help the Environment and Respect Human Rights

We’ve all seen the pictures: heaping trash mounds with men and women sifting through the discards. This challenging situation has increased...

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Access to Public Space February 14, 2020

Podcast Interview: Caroline Skinner on Street Vendors and Public Space

In this podcast interview with Urban Research Director Caroline Skinner, she discusses WIEGO’s new e-book, Street Vendors and Public...

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January 22, 2020

Delhi Diary: January 2020

Delhi Diary highlights reflections, insights and notes from the field from the Focal City Delhi (FCD) team in their ongoing work with informal...

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Global Advocacy and Negotiations January 20, 2020

Informal work in the 21st century: A curated reading list

The world is rapidly transforming and one of the biggest trends right now is the new world of work. But forget all the talk about a future...

Domestic workers at the International Labour Conference in Geneva

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Global Advocacy and Negotiations December 23, 2019

Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

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The WIEGO Blog

Featured Story Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection

Featured Story How Do Cooperatives Ensure Accessible Healthcare and Childcare for Workers?

Featured Story How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities

Featured Story Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty

Featured Story From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers

Featured Story Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment

Featured Story The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers

Featured Story A Tragédia Climática do Rio Grande do Sul Revisitada à Luz dos Catadore-as de Recicláveis

Featured Story The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina

Featured Story Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection

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