Theme: Public and Workplace Services

63rd Commission on the Status of Women

• March 11, 2019 - March 22, 2019

CSW63 UN Headquarters, New York Representatives of UN Member States, civil society organizations and UN entities gathered at the UN headquarters...

Home Net South East Asia (HNSEA) Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Workshop

• September 26, 2018 - September 28, 2018

Luang Prabang, Laos This HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) workshop was attended by affiliates of HNSEA from Thailand, Laos, Philippines and...

Webinar: Social protection and social security

• August 29, 2019

 Photo Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage

Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop

• June 21, 2015 - June 23, 2015

The goal of the Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop was to determine the future direction of WIEGO’s Child Care Initiative. Through...

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

Quality Childcare as a Right of All Workers

• September 12, 2017

New Delhi, IndiaPhoto by: Paula Bronstein – Getty Images/Reportage Co-hosted by WIEGO, SEWA and FORCES (Forum for creches and child...

APSP Conference in Maputo

• October 18, 2017 - October 20, 2017

Maputo/Mozambique Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage

FES-WIEGO Child Care and Social Protection for Informal Workers International Meeting

• November 1, 2017 - November 3, 2017
• Durban, South Africa

Durban, South Africa  

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

Social Protection Programme: Past Activities

An Examination of Social Protection for Informal Workers in Global Value Chains Working with the ILO and World Bank, WIEGO used value chain...