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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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A Tragédia Climática do Rio Grande do Sul Revisitada à Luz dos Catadore-as de Recicláveis
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The Destruction of Social Protection and Inclusive Labour Policies in Argentina
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Amid austerity and aid cuts, workers need to deepen their understanding of domestic financing of social protection
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Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts
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A Year in Street Vendor Trends, and What To Watch in 2025
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Labour Rights are Human Rights! Beyond the Slogan for Workers in Informal Employment
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Milestone Talks on Informal Employment
In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
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Enhancing Urban Informal Workers’ Contribution to Equity: A Call to Action
For its flagship GOLD Report, UCLG asked WIEGO for its expertise on the urban informal economy, with a focus on an agenda for action for...
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Domestic Workers Worldwide: 5 Key Facts
In this blog, we highlight statistics that make visible the size and significance of the domestic worker sector. Data from 155 countries...
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Why an Enforceable Protocol on Social Protection is Essential in Africa
The African Union recently adopted a Protocol on Social Protection, which is significant because it means that the African Union now has...
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4 Ways Informal Workers Use Cooperatives
A delegation of workers at the recent ILC conference on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy noted the importance of optimizing...
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India’s Street Vendor Protection Act: Good on Paper But Is It Working?
India’s Street Vendor Protection Act was enacted after a long struggle and is widely lauded, yet a close look nearly a decade later shows...
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Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?
Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...
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The Pandemic is Not Over
The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...
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World Bank’s Push for Individual Savings Provides Little Protection for Crisis-hit Workers
A recently launched report by the World Bank that provides guidance on how to expand Social Protection for the Informal Economy in Africa...
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Worker-led Social Protection Schemes Provide a Lifeline
Informal economy worker-led social protection schemes are certainly not a substitute for universal social protection, but they can play a...
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