Theme: Women's Economic Empowerment

Fair Trade Project in Ghana

Ghana For Kuapa Kokoo, singing is a vital part of the training. Listen to learn why and hear a song (MP3, 1min/48sec)In Ghana, WIEGO’s fair...

Empowering More Women to Empower More Women

Leadership & Business Skills for Women Fair Trade Producers used a cascading approach to training. In Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, WIEGO’s...

Women’s Economic Empowerment – Domestic Workers

Domestic Workers’ Leadership for EmpowermentEconomic and Employment Rights: Advancing Domestic Workers’ Leadership

Women Organizing for Fair Trade

Women Organizing for Fair TradeTrading Our Way Up – The story of a women’s economic empowerment project in fair tradeAn action...

Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment

This multi-country project helped workers build and strengthen networks nationally and internationally. By networking globally, working poor...

UN Secretary General High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment

This year long initiative (March 2016-17) brought together leaders from civil society and the private and public sectors to define an actionable...

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Most women informal workers face triple barriers to economic empowerment:

Delhi’s Free Public Transportation for Women Could be an Economic Game-changer for the Poorest

The recent proposal by the Delhi government to make public transportation free for women has been hailed as a way to improve women’s safety...

Living on the Precipice of Extreme Poverty: How Financial Downturns Devastate the Working Poor

The global economic crisis that rocked the world in 2008 led to increased financial hardship for informal workers, most of whom already lived...

Domestic Workers and C189: Power and Skills to Make it Real

• May 24, 2019 - May 26, 2019
• Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

International Domestic Worker Federation (IDWF) affiliates from across Africa gathered in May at this workshop, aimed at strengthening worker...