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7:30 am EDT (GMT-4) – 8:30 a.m. On Tuesday, 9 June, Waste sector specialist from WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, Dr. Sonia M. Dias will join global city leaders as they discuss how ocean pollution impacts cities, what cities can do to prevent it and how these efforts can address related city...
Poster offers graphic guidelines for workers in markets, streets and home shops, developed by WIEGO in consultation with experts in public health (Professors Rajen Naidoo and Leslie London of the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town) and the informal economy.
9:00 am EDT (GMT-4) – 10:30 a.m. WIEGO Waste Specialist Dr. Sonia M. Dias will participate in a Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) webinar that focuses on how COVID-19 is affecting women and the necessary actions to promote gender-sensitive responses to the pandemic. REGISTER The webinar...
Despite the troubling and false narrative that has taken hold in Peru and is spreading across Latin America about the role of informal market traders in the growth of COVID-19 cases, these workers are not the problem. In fact, they have been fighting to be part of the solution, in partnership with...
Presentation given May 19, 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis
Presentation given May 19, 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis
SEWA Bharat – the All India Federation of Self-employed Women’s Associations – has published the results of a phone survey it conducted in April with 300 members in India. The resulting report details how the India-wide lockdown to prevent COVID-19 spread has impacted women’s incomes, savings...
Government decrees to don a mask and “be economical” are not much help for the large number of working poor people in Uganda who have lost their incomes and depleted any savings since the COVID-19 crisis began. A growing movement of home-based worker organizations have sent a strong, unified message...
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.