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9:00 am – 11:00 a.m. EDT (GMT-4) Sixty-one per cent of all workers –2 billion people– are informally employed. Many of those who work informally, live in slums and their homes also serve as places of work. The existing inequalities and infrastructural deficits within the informal economy have been...
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 a.m. CEST (GMT+2) The International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is celebrated on the first Saturday of July every year. The theme of the 2020 IDC is "Cooperatives for Climate Action" as linked with Sustainable Development Goal 13 on taking urgent action to combat climate change and...
Reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important, with waste pickers an essential part of Brazil’s economy, write Sonia Dias, Ricardo Abussafy, Juliana Gonçalves and João Pedro Martins. This overview looks at the functioning of cooperatives of waste pickers during COVID-19, the impact on...
President of Zimbabwe has said that informal sector enterprises can operate "on condition they register with their authorities first, as part of the government efforts to formalise their operations." ZCIEA issued this release, which says in part: "the REGISTRATION which the President referred to is...
17 juin 2020 l 11h00 l Temps Universel Coordonné (TUC) En collaboration avec le Ministère de la Microfinance et de l'Economie sociale et solidaire et la Ville de Dakar, le Réseau des Acteurs et Collectivités territoriales pour l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (RACTES) organise un webinaire gratuit...
A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those workers are demanding assurances from the Government of Ghana that their lives and livelihoods will be protected.
Con un presupuesto equivalente al 12% de su PIB, el Perú implementó el paquete de respuesta a la pandemia del COVID-19 más grande en América Latina. Su objetivo principal era ofrecer apoyo a la población más vulnerable durante la pandemia. Desde el 16 de marzo también ha implementado medidas...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created devastating setbacks for the environmental sector, including the movement to transition away from single-use plastics, improve our ability to collect and recycle plastic waste, and prevent plastic from leaking into our oceans and waterways. On Wednesday, June 10...
Presentation delivered by Dr. Marty A. Chen, International Coordinator Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) during the Virtual Conference, "Implications of the Covid-19 Crisis for Labour and Employment in India: Impact, Strategies and...
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.