Theme: Global Advocacy and Negotiations

Technical Deep Dive: Improving Infrastructure, Services and Livelihoods in Low Income Urban Settlements

• December 2, 2019 - December 6, 2019
• Tokyo, Japan

WIEGO’s Marty Chen, Jenna Harvey and Sonia Dias brought expertise on urban informal livelihoods and presented case studies on inclusive...

Global Social Protection Week

• November 25, 2019 - November 28, 2019
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva, Switzerland

WIEGO participated in Global Social Protection Week, a high-level conference and technical discussion to chart the way towards universal...

Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy

WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...

Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and implementation

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 46

Globalization and Rural Food Processing by Andean Women of Peru and Bolivia

A Common Thread: Issues for Women Workers in the Garment Sector

Gender Equality and Decent Work

Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote Gender Equality as of 2012. Information about ordering hard copies is on the ILO...

Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme

Analyzes whether enshrining employment as a right has a substantive effect on access to employment in India.

Revisiting Agency Work in Namibia and South Africa: Any Lessons from the Decent Work Agenda and the Flexicurity Approach?International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Abstract: Namibia has recently introduced policies regarding the regulation of agency work, and South Africa is in the process of doing the...

Childcare from the perspective of women informal workers

Early Childhood Matters aims to elevate key issues, spread awareness of promising solutions to support holistic child development and explore...