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110th Session of the International Labour Conference In June 2022, the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held in a hybrid format due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the round of negotiations in June, a general discussion on Decent work...
This e-book compiles photos, learnings and reflections gathered by WIEGO’s Rhonda Douglas based on her research gathered in 2020 and 2021 from WIEGO team Brazil, waste pickers and partners in Belo Horizonte (and other municipalities), Brazil. The e-book also helps retrace the key moments of Brazil’s...
Essa publicação digital toma como ponto de partida a história de impacto escrita por Rhonda Douglas, da WIEGO, com base nas informações coletadas das experiências de atuação da WIEGO com catadores-as e parceiros-as em Belo Horizonte (e outras municipalidades), Brasil, entre 2020 e 2021. A publicação...
Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model put forward by the government.
A Escola WIEGO tem seu início em um momento em que todos os quatro setores, ou seja, trabalhadorxs domésticxs, trabalhadorxs domiciliares, vendedorxs ambulantes e de mercado e catadorxs, se organizam globalmente para ter voz nas decisões políticas em prol dxs muitxs trabalhadorxs informais.
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.
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.