Theme: Building Collective Power

Organizing Informal Waste Pickers in Bengaluru, India

This case study reviews efforts to organize waste pickers in Bangalore city, Southern India by a network of non-governmental organizations.  ...

VIDEO: Vice-President of StreetNet Addresses ILC Plenary

Juliana Brown Afari, Vice-President of StreetNet, Addresses Plenary International Labour Conference (ILC), June 2014   More information StreetNet Learn...

Declaration of Home-Based Workers

“We, the members of 60 networks, associations and trade unions of home -based workers, together with non-governmental organizations...

VIDEO: WIEGO Network Member PATAMABA at the International Labour Conference (ILC) 2015

Video. Lourdes Gula of HomeNet Philippines (PATAMABA) – a member of the WIEGO network – addresses the tripartite Committee on...

Training Module 3: Promoting Democratic Participation and Accountability

The third in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade. ...

Nohra Padilla, the Voice of Bogota’s Recycler at COP21

Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award, is interviewed by Cities...

WIEGO en el mundo: Boletín informativo, enero 2017

Este número del boletín WIEGO destaca las actividades de WIEGO entre julio y diciembre de 2016. Entre los temas del boletín figuran la delegación...

Feeding Families: Meet Grace from Ghana

Open dumps pose major environmental and health concerns. They also provide incomes for million of people worldwide. Waste picker Grace Avemegah...

Primer Taller Estratégico Mundial de los Recicladores: Gestión Inclusiva de Residuos Sólidos

Este informe es resumen del Taller Global Estratégica en Pune, India, en abril de 2012, cuando 80 representantes de recicladores de 34 ciudades...

Report of the Launch of the African Domestic Workers Network