Theme: Formalization

Overturning the Productivity Mandate: Putting People at the Centre

It is a myth that cooperatives, which put people at the centre, are not a viable alternative to the current economic system because they...

The Devil Is in the Detail: The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

How close collaboration between homeworker organizations and key allies secured a huge victory: for the first time, EU legislation on corporate...

Implementing ILO R204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy: Lessons from South Africa’s Experience

The responsibility for implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal...

Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

Improving the Visibility of the Philippines’ Informal Workforce

In this interview, Lourdes Gula, President of PATAMABA, talks about the legacy of the organization of informal workers in the Philippines...

WIEGO in the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF)

• May 1, 2023 - May 6, 2023
• Dakar, Sénégal

Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy ILC 110th Session – General discussion on Social and Solidarity...

‘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...

Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...

It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center

Excerpt from the opinion piece, It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president...

Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...