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How Do Cooperatives Support Worker Recognition and Political Representation?
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Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection
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How Do Cooperatives Ensure Accessible Healthcare and Childcare for Workers?
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How Cooperatives Improve Workers’ Economic and Productive Capacities
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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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Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly
The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...
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Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk
“We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try...
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Unity of Informal Workers is Key to Domestic Workers’ Success
In this interview, Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), tells us what she hopes to...
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Protecting Informal Workers in Public Workplaces: Lessons from Asia
The rights of “everyone” or “every worker” laid down in international law should be the bedrock for building more inclusive cities. Realizing...
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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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