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This summary, in Zulu, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations. More information and links to additional publications, including other languages, are on the Child Care Initiative page of the WIEGO website. Español | Português |...
Description from HSRC Press: An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa's policymaking, Changing Social Policy in South Africa charts the generation of the Report of the Lund Committee, which ultimately resulted in the establishment of the Child Support Grant (CSG) in...
Informal workers organizations and trade unions unite to call for quality public child care services – READ FULL STATEMENT Campaign pamphlets, posters and stickers in seven languages below! Having a young child to look after reduces a woman’s working hours and lowers her earnings at a time in her...
Download a printable PDF of the statement | in French | in Spanish The absence of quality and gender responsive public care services, including child care, is an obstacle to decent livelihoods for women workers around the world. The costs and time of caring for children continue to be borne mainly...
Child care workers provide a necessary and valuable service that benefits individual families and the community and state. But care workers—almost always women—are often parents themselves. For these women, the rigours of their paid care work can conflict with their care responsibilities at home.
Since 2016, WIEGO’s Law Programme and its Organization and Representation Programme has partnered with the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) to promote the implementation of R204 (the ILO Recommendation concerning the transition from the informal to the formal economy) in Malawi.
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.