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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

A market trader at her stall in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images

Featured Story Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

Featured Story A Year in Street Vendor Trends, and What To Watch in 2025

Federico Parra Social and Solidarity Economy Specialist Read Bio

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Livelihoods April 19, 2017

Reportaje fotográfico: Esfuerzos internos para fortalecer el liderazgo entre las mujeres recicladoras

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Livelihoods March 29, 2017

Estrategias para abordar las barreras sociales y legales para las trabajadoras del hogar de México

El primer paso incluye el lanzamiento de una plataforma política sobre seguridad social Las trabajadoras del hogar se enfrentan a muchos...

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Livelihoods March 28, 2017

Strategies for Addressing Social and Legal Barriers for Mexican Domestic Workers

First step includes launch of new social security policy platformDomestic workers face many challenges in their fight for better working...

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Livelihoods March 15, 2017

Ganamos todos: Cómo una representante de vendedores ambulantes usó la Recomendación 204 como herramienta para cambiar las políticas en Costa Rica

Por Jenna Harvey En julio de 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, una líder de vendedores ambulantes de San José, Costa Rica, estuvo junto al presidente...

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Livelihoods March 13, 2017

‘It’s a Win-Win:’ How a Street Vendor Leader Used Recommendation 204 to Change Policy in Costa Rica

By Jenna Harvey In July 2016, Kattia Barquero Rojas, a street vendor leader from San Jose, Costa Rica, stood in front of the president of...

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Gender and Waste Project March 07, 2017

Photo Essay: Inside Efforts to Strengthen Leadership among Women Waste Pickers

WIEGO’s Organizing and Representation Programme and Urban Policies Programme works with waste picker organizations in South Africa and Brazil...

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Livelihoods March 06, 2017

Towards a Transformative Agenda for Women’s Economic Empowerment

By Jenna Harvey There is a growing global consensus that advancing women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is critical both as a matter of human...

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Livelihoods March 02, 2017

Nuestro trabajo es un servicio público: Recicladores en Bogotá

Los recicladores de Bogotá en cabeza de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB) han hecho historia desde 2011 al lograr que la Corte...

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Livelihoods March 01, 2017

La protection des travailleuses et des travailleurs à domicile dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales : évaluation de l’approche fondée sur les droits

Depuis l’effondrement tragique des bâtiments du Rana Plaza au Bangladesh en 2013, les manquements au travail décent dans les chaînes...

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Livelihoods February 28, 2017

Four strategies to integrate waste pickers into future cities

On International Waste Picker Day, WIEGO’s Sonia Dias tells us what works and the challenges ahead In recent years, waste pickers have made...

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The WIEGO Blog

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

Featured Story Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

Featured Story A Year in Street Vendor Trends, and What To Watch in 2025

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