Legal Empowerment

C29, Forced Labour Convention, 1930

This Convention prohibits forced or compulsory labour which means all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of...

The Debate Over the Basis of Labour Law

Presentation from the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Informal Workers and Legal Protection in Thailand

Overview of laws and demographics concerning informal workers, with an emphasis on access to social protection

Labour Rights as Human Rights Debate at Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

• November 27, 2017

Cambridge, MA, United States Photo by: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage

Workshop with MUFIS in Malawi

• December 12, 2017 - December 14, 2017

Lilongwe, Malawi   A workshop with the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) leadership took place on December 12th to 14th 2017,...

Law Exposure Dialogue Programme in Dakar

• April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019

Pour voir cette page en français cliquez ici April 26-28, 2019 Legal professionals and public officials lived and worked alongside informal...

Contact-dialogue sur le droit

• April 26, 2019 - April 28, 2019

View this page in EnglishDakar, SénégalÀ Dakar, au Sénégal, pendant deux nuits et une journée, des expertes et experts juridiques et des...

Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy

• March 13, 2014 - March 14, 2014

This event, supported by WIEGO, took place March 2014, in Johannesburg, South Africa   “Transitioning from the Informal to Formal Economy” Africa...

Regional Exchange of Domestic Workers

• February 18, 2017 - February 19, 2017
• Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City Domestic Worker in Mexico, Photo by L. Arauz. Courtesy: CACEH Convened by the Centre for Support and Capacity

APSP Conference in Maputo

• October 18, 2017 - October 20, 2017

Maputo/Mozambique Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage