Women's Economic Empowerment

Call for brands to extend one-time contribution to all garment workers

WIEGO, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) and HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) 
demand that brands extend a one-time...

The Informal Economy Revisited – landmark book in open access

This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts,...

Sustainability after COVID-19: Building gender equality into the response

• May 26, 2020
• Online

9:00 am EDT (GMT-4) – 10:30 a.m. WIEGO Waste Specialist Dr. Sonia M. Dias participated in a Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) webinar...

Servicios de cuidado infantil de calidad para los trabajadores y las trabajadoras de la economía informal

La nota de políticas núm. 1 de la OIT y WIEGO examina los problemas a los que se enfrentan las trabajadoras de la economía informal para...

Quality child-care services for workers in the informal economy

Women working in the informal economy must earn income. Child-care provision and parental leave are proven to have a positive impact on women’s...

Continuing gender stereotypes or signs of change: Occupational pattern of women workers

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

Women’s Empowerment in Emerging India

These remarks were presented at the 2016 India Conference at Harvard.

Eliminating Legal Barriers from the Perspective of the Informal Economy

This document was one of the five policy briefs prepared by the WIEGO Network for the United Nations High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic...