Building Collective Power

‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite

In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...

Efforts of Argentina’s Informal Waste Pickers to Finance Decent Work and Social Protection through Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation

Based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, organizations of informal waste pickers in Argentina have drafted a law that...

For an Organization to Move, It Needs Women

In this interview, Gladys Mponda, Vice President of  the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS), talks about the value of organizing,...

67th Commission on the Status of Women

• March 6, 2023 - March 17, 2023
• Online

About the 67th Commission on the Status of Women The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), a functional commission...

The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...

Ngalo Buwereza Organization (NBO) National Workshop

• February 5, 2023 - February 7, 2023
• Kampala Kolping Hotel
  Kampala, Uganda

Date: Monday, 5 February, 2023Duration: 2 days

Future opportunities and challenges for the Social and Solidarity Economy following the 2022 ILO “General Discussion” and its Action Plan

• February 23, 2023
• Online

Date: Thursday, 23 February, 2023Time: 8.00 EST / 14.00 CETDuration: 2 hoursLanguage: English, Spanish, French and Russian (interpretation...

At World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation Awards WIEGO as Social Innovator of the Year 2023

The Social Innovation Awards recognize leaders, and social and environmental change initiatives that have the potential to respond to the...

From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid

Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...

Organizing Women Workers in War and Beyond

In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC)...