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The WIEGO Blog is where WIEGO specialists, partners and allies share their knowledge and perspectives to facilitate informed conversations about the informal economy.
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Homeworkers’ Rights at Risk with EU Directive Uncertainty
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From Isolation to Collective Power: Legal Empowerment for Domestic Workers
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Key Outcomes from the 2025 International Labour Conference and Why They Matter for Workers in Informal Employment
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The Climate Tragedy of Rio Grande do Sul Revisited from the Perspective of Waste Pickers
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The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina
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Labour Rights are Human Rights! Beyond the Slogan for Workers in Informal Employment
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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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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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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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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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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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Tecnología en la base de la pirámide económica: ¿Qué impide que llegue a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en empleo informal?
Por Kendra Hughes
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‘No necesitas Facebook para saber cómo recolectar residuos’
Tecnología e innovación en la base de la pirámide económica
Nisha tiene 19 años y pasa sus días encorvada sobre una pequeña tabla en el...
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Strategies for Successful Collective Negotiations
Informal worker organizations need solidarity, clarity and accountability to record bargaining wins
It might be surprising to learn that...
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Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?
By Kendra Hughes
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‘You don’t need Facebook to tell you how to pick waste’
Technology and innovation at the base of the economic pyramid
Nisha is nineteen years old and spends her days hunched over a small board...
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