Theme: Future of Work

Transforming the traditional social contract: Reflections from “Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South”

• July 19, 2022
• Online

On July 19, 2022, WIEGO will launch the new volume, Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South, where the editors and contributors...

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...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Policy Brief

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...

Ford Foundation Announces Multi-Year Grant to Support Global Networks of Informal Workers

Ford Foundation announced a five-year, US$25 million grant to sustain and strengthen the global movement calling on governments at all levels...

WIEGO at UNU-WIDER Conference on COVID-19 and Development

• September 6, 2021 - September 8, 2021
• Online

WIEGO at the UNU-WIDER Conference on “COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South”  

Forms of Violence Experienced by Home-Based Workers

Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic...

Ten Years Since Winning C189: Domestic Workers Become an Unstoppable Movement

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La fête du Travail : des investissements dans la protection sociale et du travail nécessaires à la reprise économique

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1° de mayo: las inversiones en protección social y laboral son necesarias para la recuperación económica

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