Theme: Women's Economic Empowerment

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...

Introduction & Training Module 1: Understanding Gender and Employment Relations

This is the first in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair...

Training Module 2: Understanding Women’s Economic and Social Contribution to Effective Poverty Reduction

The second in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Tr

Training Module 3: Promoting Democratic Participation and Accountability

The third in a series of seven training modules titled Developing Leadership and Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade. ...

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...

Preparing a Platform

• March 13, 2014

Taking it to the ILC 2014 The WIEGO Network, Partners and informal workers representatives from around the world attended the International...

Waste & Gender: Rethinking Relations for Empowerment

Little research exists about gender relations and divisions among waste pickers. A collaborative in Latin America has shed light on the multiple...

Voice & Leadership

Strengthening the Voice and Leadership of Informal Women Workers Around Social Policy Issues This project built a sustained link between...

Street Vendors

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

“Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills” describes an action-research project (2012-15)...