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With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more than a global movement to make lives and livelihoods better. It takes a cooperative spirit in their communities to cultivate change. This publication looks at...
From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work since she was a girl. Today, her membership in the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and her involvement with an ethical, SEWA-based producer company have...
This paper focuses on the globalization of production that has opened up opportunities for women to enter new areas of paid employment, earn an income, gain independence and participate more actively in social life and at the same time the need to find and enhance an approach between stakeholders...
Most women informal workers face triple barriers to economic empowerment: as women, due to gender norms and relationships; as workers, due to their often informal status; and as members of disadvantaged communities, who often live in underserved slum and squatter settlements. Bias and Barriers While...
This year long initiative (March 2016-17) brought together leaders from civil society and the private and public sectors to define an actionable agenda for advancing gender equality and improving economic outcomes for women in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). Research...
This multi-country project helped workers build and strengthen networks nationally and internationally. By networking globally, working poor women from different occupational groups mobilized and made their voices heard. With funding from the Dutch government, the project ran from 2009-11 but the...
Women Organizing for Fair Trade Trading Our Way Up - The story of a women's economic empowerment project in fair trade An action research project examined the experiences of women producers in collective enterprises in seven countries between 2009–2011. The study highlighted the economic and social...
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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.