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Featured Story How Do Cooperatives Support Worker Recognition and Political Representation?

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

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

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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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

Cuatro estrategias para integrar a los recicladores y recicladoras en las ciudades del futuro

En el Día Internacional de los Recicladores y Recicladoras, Sonia Dias, de WIEGO, nos relata las experiencias que han funcionado y los retos...

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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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Livelihoods February 16, 2017

Can informal employment actually reduce poverty?

Findings from South Africa suggest that supporting informal employment could help countries reach development goals by Mike Rogan &...

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Livelihoods February 13, 2017

Protección de los y las trabajadoras a domicilio tercerizadas en las cadenas mundiales de suministro: evaluación del enfoque centrado en los derechos

Desde el trágico colapso, en 2013, de los edificios del Rana Plaza en Bangladés, las deficiencias en el respeto de los derechos fundamentales...

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Livelihoods February 13, 2017

Protecting Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: Evaluating The Rights-Based Approach

Since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza buildings in Bangladesh in 2013, the decent work deficits in global supply chains have enjoyed...

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Livelihoods February 03, 2017

Worker’s Story: Sizakele Ncube’s new sewing machine brings both improved income and new worries

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring technologies used by informal workers to improve their productivity and some of the challenges...

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Livelihoods January 27, 2017

Estrategias para la negociación colectiva exitosa

Las organizaciones de trabajadores y trabajadoras* en empleo informal necesitan solidaridad, claridad y responsabilidad para conseguir victorias...

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Livelihoods January 27, 2017

Tecnología en la base de la pirámide económica: ¿Qué impide que llegue a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal?

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The WIEGO Blog

Featured Story How Do Cooperatives Support Worker Recognition and Political Representation?

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

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