Legal Empowerment

ILO Recommendation 204: Formalising the Informal Economy (2015)

Describes the history and background of the process leading to 2015 ILO Convention 204 on the transition  from the formal to the informal...

Defining and regulating the informal economy

Provides an introduction to the informal economy, including: labour law and its scope; the definition of informal economy; an overview of...

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Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanisation, Law, and Informal Work is a two-year edited book project by WIEGO and IRGLUS that explores this theme...

The “Right to the City” and Emerging Indian Jurisprudence: Implications for Informal Livelihoods

Webinar Series: Legal and Advocacy Strategies to Ensure Workers’ Rights in the Informal Economy

• January 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022
• Online

WIEGO’s Law Programme and the International Network for Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) presented a multi-part series of webinars and workshops...

Why Brands Should Pay Compensation to Informal Garment Workers in Their Supply Chains

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Informal Workers, Social Audits and Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains

In December 2020, the EU Council requested the EU Commission to draft a legal framework that would make it mandatory for all companies established...

Know Your Rights: Street Vendors in India Poster (English)

The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Africa

This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers...

Human rights violations signal urgent need to improve waste pickers’ working conditions in Latin America

For waste pickers, harassment is a part of daily life, also before the pandemic. Our reports on human rights in Latin America serve as a...