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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 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 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

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 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 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

‘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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Livelihoods January 27, 2017

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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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 16, 2017

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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Livelihoods January 05, 2017

Technology at the bottom of the economic pyramid: What’s inhibiting uptake by informal workers?

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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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