Theme: Legal Empowerment

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....

Law and Informality

Law is an essential tool in improving livelihoods and lives. But legal and regulatory frameworks are designed for the formal economy. Too...

Urban Renewal, Heritage Sites & Urban Livelihoods: Devi-Ben, Street Vendor

These are the reflections of Marty Chen, WIEGO’s International Coordinator, following an Exposure-Dialogue Programme held January 27-February...

Waste Pickers and the Law

Waste pickers collect, sort, recycle, and sell materials that others have thrown away. They benefit urban health and sanitation, lower municipal...

Street Vendors and the Law

Street vendors are an integral part of the world’s urban economies, contributing to vibrant retail markets and providing an array of...