Global Advocacy and Negotiations

Position Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on: Achieving a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, prepared for the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference

International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on Achieving a just transition towards environmentally...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 – The Domestic Workers’ Convention (Caribbean Region)

WIEGO and the IDWF partnered to write this toolkit to support IDWF affiliates in their efforts to make C189 real for domestic workers. The...

‘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...

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,...

Taxing the Informal Economy: Policy, Evidence and Lessons for the Future

• April 4, 2023
• Online

In the wake of the pandemic, developing and middle-income countries are facing increasing pressure to improve domestic resource mobilization....

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...

Joining Hands to Organize Home-Based Workers

In this interview, HomeNet International Coordinator Janhavi Dave tells us of proud moments in the home-based workers’ movement and shares...

Waste Pickers Take the Podium at UN Environment Assembly

The hall was filled with official delegations, representatives and environmentalists, activists and organizers from more than 150 countries...

Global Plastics Treaty: Waste Pickers Ready to Talk

“We are the face of recycling in the world, we are the hands that clean the world, we are the real heroes of the planet and nothing you try...

A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers

This publication – A Chain is as Strong as its Weakest Link: Strategies for International Supply Chain Legislation to Include Homeworkers...