Global Advocacy and Negotiations

WIEGO joins call for IMF to stop promoting austerity measures in the COVID-19 recovery period

We, the undersigned, call on the IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity around the world, and instead advocate policies that advance...

Joint Statement Garment Workers COVID-19

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The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them

Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...

Informal work in the 21st century: A curated reading list

The world is rapidly transforming and one of the biggest trends right now is the new world of work. But forget all the talk about a future...

Looking Back at 2019: Informal Workers Demanded Change — and Won

In 2019, informal workers made some noise — in their home cities and at the highest global change-making bodies. They took to the streets,...

Five ways to achieve SDGs through grassroots change

The clock is ticking on the road to meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets by 2030. Governments everywhere are strategizing...

Who’s really “greening” future cities?

As COP25 gets underway, our deep dive into two years of news coverage reveals that the green army of waste pickers leading urban recycling...

Qui travaille vraiment à l’écologisation des villes d’avenir ?

Alors que la COP25 est lancée, notre couverture détaillée de l’actualité des deux dernières années révèle que l’armée verte de récupératrices...

¿Quién está haciendo realmente más ecológicas las ciudades del futuro?

Junto con el inicio de la COP25, nuestro profundo análisis de dos años de cobertura periodística revela que el ejército ecológico de personas...

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...