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Date: September 12th, 2023 Time: 9:00 EDT | 14:00 BST | 16:00 EAT | 18:30 IST Register to attend! Urban planning plays a crucial role in creating services and infrastructure that support the needs and well-being of young children and their families. Cities present important challenges for the...
Date: August 29th, 2023 Time: 9.00 Brazil / 14.00 South Africa Duration: 90 minutes Languages: Portuguese, English and French Register to attend! The closure of large-scale open dumps poses a key challenge to waste-picker livelihoods. Working alongside worker organizations, WIEGO has helped develop...
WIEGO will take part in the Labour Law Research Network (LLRN) conference with a panel titled "Collective Bargaining and Occupational Health and Safety for Informal Self-Employed Workers: Realizing ILO Recommendation 204".
WIEGO and StreetNet International have been collaborating for three years on work on social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. This conference will be combined with a field visit to a worker-driven cooperative scheme run by the Federation of Informal Workers of Nigeria (FIWON) as a complement to the...
Date: Tuesday June 6, 2023 Time: 8:00 - 9:30 (EST) Duration: 90 minutes Language: English only For over two and a half decades, the global network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) has worked alongside membership-based organisations of street vendors and market traders...
111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2023. One recurrent...
Date: Tuesday May 30, 2023 Time: 12:00hrs – 14:00hrs (GMT); 15:00hrs – 17:00hrs (EAT); 14:00hrs – 16:00hrs (SAT) Duration: 2 hours Languages: Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Register to attend! This webinar is organized by the Solidarity Center, the ILAW Network, and the Working Group on...
Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy ILC 110th Session – General discussion on Social and Solidarity Economy: English and Español. About the GSEF The World Social Economy Forum (GSEF) is a global network of local governments and civil society stakeholders...
Date: 27 April, 2023 Time: 10.00 Eastern Time Duration: 90 minutes Language: English only Register to attend! 28th April 2023 marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work, with this year’s theme centring on the recent adoption of health and safety as a fundamental principle and right at work, and...
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.