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  • Waste picker who is a member of COMARP in Brazil Dec 09 2019

    Territorial dynamics of waste collecting and recycling: Experience exchange and innovative solutions

    • December 9, 2019 - December 13, 2019
    • Hanoi, Vietnam

    Highlighting Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Brazil Experts gathered in Hanoi to exchange experiences and research results concerning the issues...

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  • Waste picker Ananya Songsai sorts plastic at her Bangkok home. By Paula Bronstein, Getty Images Dec 02 2019

    Technical Deep Dive: Improving Infrastructure, Services and Livelihoods in Low Income Urban Settlements

    • December 2, 2019 - December 6, 2019
    • Tokyo, Japan

    WIEGO’s Marty Chen, Jenna Harvey and Sonia Dias brought expertise on urban informal livelihoods and presented case studies on inclusive...

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  • Nov 25 2019

    UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

    • November 25, 2019 - November 27, 2019
    • Geneva, Switzerland

    The UN annual Forum on Business and Human Rights is the global platform for stock-taking and lesson-sharing on efforts to move the UN Guiding...

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  • Woman with child, India Nov 25 2019

    Global Social Protection Week

    • November 25, 2019 - November 28, 2019
    • ILO Headquarters
      Geneva, Switzerland

    WIEGO participated in Global Social Protection Week, a high-level conference and technical discussion to chart the way towards universal...

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  • Nov 10 2019

    Global Health at the Frontline-Community Health Worker Level

    • November 10, 2019
    • Women's Leadership in Global Health Conference
      Kigali, Rwanda

    This panel at the Women’s Leadership in Global Health Conference, 2019, gave essential frontline health workers—who are usually women...

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  • May 30 2016

    International Labour Conference 2016

    • May 30, 2016 - June 10, 2016
    • Geneva, Switzerland

    General Discussion on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains In 2016, members of the WIEGO Network participated in the general discussion on...

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  • May 27 2015

    XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association

    • May 27, 2015 - May 30, 2015
    • San Juan, Puerto Rico

    San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 27 – 30, 2015 Federico Parra, WIEGO Latin American Waste Picker Coordinator, attended this event. He presented...

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  • Jun 01 2015

    International Labour Conference 2015

    • June 1, 2015 - June 13, 2015
    • Geneva, Switzerland

    Securing R204 at the ILC 2015 Facilitating Transitions from the Informal to the Formal Economy

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  • May 24 2015

    WFTO 13th Biennial Conference and Fair Trade Symposium

    • May 24, 2015 - May 31, 2015

    From 24-31 May 2015, a WIEGO team joined nearly 300 other delegates from 55 countries at the World Fair Trade Organization’s 13th Biennial...

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  • Nov 30 2015

    COP21 (2015 Paris Climate Conference)

    • November 30, 2015 - December 11, 2015
    • Paris, France

    Paris, France In 2015 COP21, an annual international conference that reviews the implementation of the UN’s Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...

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