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This blog by Marty Chen and Joann Vanek was the third in a blog series (and twitter handle) Deliver 2030, facilitated by the Overseas Development Institute answering the question: How can we deliver on the SDGs? The blog featured submissions by some of the world’s biggest influencers in the...
This blog, written by Ghada Abdel Tawab, highlights the efforts of WIEGO and the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) to challenge the dominant narrative on informal work and suggest alternative approaches to formalizing and protecting informal workers. From the blog: "Worldwide, millions of...
This article was written by Ratna Gill, based on a panel she attended at the Othering & Belonging Conference by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society.
Blog post by Marty Chen on the OECD Development Matters blog highlighting the contributions of informal workers to African cities, and how supporting their livelihoods is a key pathway to development.
Late last year CGD launched Revisiting What Works: Women, Economic Empowerment and Smart Design, an update to the United Nations and ExxonMobil Foundation’s report Roadmap for Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment. The report identifies how development actors can make their interventions aimed at...
This blog post by Tanvi Jaluka, Megan O'Donnell and Mayra Buvinic includes a video clip of the Center for Global Development Birdsall House Conference on Women. In this clip, Marty Chen, WIEGO Network and Harvard University, makes the case for looking at the intersection of three identities of women...
AeT - Traders Present Infrastructure Needs to City Officials: A Milestone in Constructive Engagement
This blog post was written by Tasmi Quazi of AeT. "On 19 October 2016, trader leaders from three informal market districts that have been a part of the Kanyenathi Project presented their infrastructure needs to key city officials responsible for developing and managing informal trade, namely the...
Environmental experts have strongly argued against the adoption of “waste-to-energy” (WtE) technologies that burn municipal solid waste as this will drive up the generation of trash and undermine environmentally sound approaches to managing discards while producing highly toxic pollutants that can...
Blog post by Renu Singh of Young Lives about the UN HLP Consultation held at SEWA in August 2016.
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.