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The WIEGO School starts at a time when all four sectors—domestic workers, home-based workers, street and market vendors, and waste pickers—have organized globally to have a voice in policy decisions for many workers in informal employment.
Мы, организации неформально занятых работников по всему миру, призываем правительства всех уровней сотрудничать с нами в оказании помощи. На неформальную занятость приходится более 61% всей занятости в мире — около двух миллиардов работников, — а в развивающихся странах количество таких работников...
We, organizations of workers in informal employment across the world, call on governments at all levels to partner with us on relief. Informal work accounts for more than 61% of all global employment – some two billion workers – and in developing countries, we make up 90% of total employment...
The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers still face and that have accumulated during the pandemic.
Twenty-five years ago today — on 18 April 1997 — WIEGO ‘s founders embarked on a journey to support women workers in the informal economy.
Globally, there are almost 76 million domestic workers; 76 per cent of them are women. This new Statistical Brief, prepared jointly by WIEGO and ILO, used data from 155 countries and territories to examine domestic work worldwide. The overwhelming majority of domestic workers are in developing and...
This report presents the Bangkok findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that was conducted in mid-2021 to assess how specific groups of informal workers and their households were experiencing COVID-19 resurgences and ongoing economic strains, and to...
The Global Deal, in cooperation with Open Society Foundations, is organizing a virtual high-level conference in the afternoon of the 6th and 7th April 2022 on the critical role of essential workers in supporting economies, societies and businesses.
In Togo, according to the ILO, 92.8% of the workforce are informal. This means that a large share of the Togolese population is vulnerable against shocks and risks that might impact their livelihoods. Over the past decade, however, the country has been witnessing many positive developments in...
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.
WIEGO Working Papers
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.