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Bogota, Colombia Photo by: Juan Arredondo/ Getty Images Rerportage On March 15th and 16, 2018, the Digital Communication Workshop for Recyclers was held in Bogotá. On the 15th the activities gathered recyclers from Colombia, and on the 16th, recyclers from Redlacre gathered one day before their...
Seminar: Finding New Solutions to Intractable Problems Johannesburg, South Africa Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage Read the seminar report . The seminar “Finding New Solutions to Intractable Problems: Approaches to Occupational Health & Safety in the Informal Economy, and the Extractives...
Bangkok, Thailand On February 15, 2018, two representatives from the New York Street Vendor Project , Director Sean Basinski and Lei Bai, met with a group of Bangkok street vendors to exchange experiences and strategies. The group in Bangkok is beginning to organize in the context of the...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photo by: Paula Bronstein, Getty images / Reportage WIEGO attended the World Urban Forum 9 (WUF 9) with workers and organizers from HomeNet Thailand and the Federation of Informal Workers of Thailand. The delegation brought attention to the need for cities to work with...
Cape Town, South Africa Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage The African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference took place from February 1st to 3rd, 2018, in Cape Town, South Africa. This event celebrated ACC's ten-year anniversary and drew together leading urban scholars and...
Accra, Ghana “Concerning the evictions we know we are a part of Accra, we pay taxes, some of us keep our receipts, we are doing our best but with evictions our policy makers don’t include us, they make their decisions without us and then come and chase us out. You will see ‘remove’ written on your...
"We make the city, what does the city do for us?" Hosted by Working Peoples' Charter (WPC), and co-curated by Alliance of Indian Waste-Pickers (AIW) and WIEGO Focal City Delhi, Informal Workers' Narratives was held in Delhi, India, on two days - January 14th and January 18th, 2018. Informal Workers...
Nairobi, Kenya Kampala, Uganda Following the Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW) project in Africa, a workshop took place in Nairobi from January 8th to 9th, and in Kampala from January 10th to 11th 2018. Vanessa Pillay, WIEGO’s Organization and Representation Programme Officer...
Dakar, Senegal From December 13th to 15th 2017, in Dakar, Senegal, a group of experts from civil society and international organizations gathered for the Technical Consultation Validation of the Draft Five Year Project on Transformation of the Informal Economy and the Roadmap for the Elaboration of...
Dakar, Senegal Du 13 au 15 décembre à Dakar, au Sénégal, un groupe d’experts issus de la société civile et d’organisations internationales va se rassembler pour valider la Consultation Technique de la version préliminaire du Projet Quinquennale pour la Transformation de l'Économie Informelle et la...
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.