Theme: Legal Empowerment

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

Law, Justice and Development Week 2017

• November 6, 2017 - November 10, 2017

Washington DC, USA The Law, Justice and Development Week 2017 took place from November 6th to 10th, in Washington DC, United States. The...

Labour Law Research Conference in Toronto

• June 25, 2017 - June 27, 2017

Toronto, Canada Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage   The Labour Law Research Network (LLRN) Conference is held every two years...

Law & Informality: Past Activities

Engaging in Global Agenda-setting Processes For example, in 2016, we participated in the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel...

Law Programme Engagement in Global Agenda Setting Processes

WIEGO’s Law Programme aims to challenge mainstream assumptions about law and informal workers — namely that informal workers...

Law Exposure Dialogue Programme

EDPs allow researchers, practitioners and officials to experience firsthand the challenges that workers in informal employment face. The...

Newsletter on Law & the Informal Economy

Latest from WIEGO’s Law Programme Subscribe to receive all our updates Law & Informality Highlights – October 2023

Informal Workers and the Law

WIEGO works with four main occupational groups of informal workers: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers....