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The Gender and Waste project carried out, from 2019-2020, workshops on communications and leadership skills, feminism, and public policies. This process was geared to drafting an strategic gender action plan 2021-2023.
The Generation Equality Forum is a global gathering for gender equality convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with activists, youth and civil society. The event kicked off in Mexico City in March and culminated in Paris from 30 June to 2 July. The...
Time: 9am–11am EST In partnership with Ford Foundation and UNU-WIDER, WIEGO co-hosted an event to celebrate the book and call attention to the future of informal work. In mid-2020, Routledge Press published The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future . This volume...
CSW65 The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is a global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Representatives of UN Member States, civil society...
Home-based workers and their allies are launching a global network in February 2021. HomeNet International (HNI) will unite the voices of membership-based organizations of home-based workers in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and South East Asia. Organizing globally will allow them to respond to...
A Platform of Demands to the European Commission in the context of the proposed legislation governing Sustainable Corporate Governance in Global Supply Chains.
The Global 16 Days Campaign , launched in collaboration with global feminists by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at its first Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, has been used worldwide to call for the elimination of gender-based violence (GBV). The Global Campaign is...
Part of the UN DESA Global Online Policy Dialogue Series November 24, 2020: 8:00 -9:30 am EST New data from the UN Secretary-General’s report The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics show that hard-earned gains in gender equality are being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since most women...
The COVID 19 pandemic-cum-lockdown in India have impacted the physical, mental and economic health of SEWA’s members and other informal workers across India. All organizations in the SEWA family, collectively and individually, have mounted responses to the health and economic impacts of the COVID 19...
We, the undersigned, call on the IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity around the world, and instead advocate policies that advance gender justice, reduce inequality, and decisively put people and planet first. As those who care about governments’ ability to fulfil human rights and advance...
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.