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English Español Dans divers pays africains, les filières locales, en l’occurrence celles du textile et du vêtement, sont en passe de connaître une croissance axée sur l’exportation et les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile vont probablement se voir intégré·e·s à un maillon de la chaîne de valeur. Dans ce...
English Français Las industrias textiles en varios países africanos están a punto de incrementar sus exportaciones y es probable que lxs trabajadorxs en domicilio sean incluidxs, de alguna forma, en la cadena de valor. Por lo tanto, es necesario que un movimiento regional fuerte de trabajadorxs en...
Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and isolation. Increasingly, however, they have been organizing. The COVID-19 crisis has underlined just how valuable that collective association can be for...
Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins for increased participation and rights. But worker organizations are organizing and employing innovative strategies to advance democratic practices.
Latin American home-based workers have taken an important step in creating a unified front to fight for their visibility and rights as workers. They formed “Coordinadora Regional de Organizaciones de Trabajadoras/res en Domicilio en América Latina y el Caribe (COTRADO-ALAC)”, a regional partnership...
How Local and National Governments Can Support the Urban Informal Economy More than 50 per cent of the urban work force in most developing countries is informal ‒ ranging from over 80 per cent in South Asia to over 51 per cent in Latin America. [1] With their work, urban informal workers make...
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.