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Marlese Von Broembsen, Director of WIEGO’s Law Programme, participated in a moderated virtual discussion on strengthening EU policy measures to address children’s rights in business operations and supply chains.
“When we think of work-from-home, let us enable and promote better living and working conditions not just for the elite, but also for the large number of vulnerable and often invisible home-based workers,” say WIEGO’s Shalini Sinha and Malavika Narayan in this article published in Scroll , a...
“It's very hard to see what the other end of this crisis is going to look like at the grassroots level, at the base of the economic pyramid,” WIEGO’s international coordinator Sally Roever said in an article published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Street vendors can go in the street, but...
In an article in The Conversation , WIEGO's Mike Rogan and Caroline Skinner argue that job losses show that support for women informal workers is urgent. In South Africa, recent data suggest that under strict lockdown in April, two-thirds of the 3 million people who lost their jobs were women...
Les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, à Dakar, n’ont pas attendu le soutien de l'Etat. Elles.Ils ont pris les devants pour freiner la propagation du coronavirus en sensibilisant les travailleuse.eur.s et en distribuant des masques aux populations riveraines.
La démolition du bâtiment central du marché Sandaga, plusieurs fois annoncée et reportée, est prévue après la fête de l’Aid d’El Kébir, en fin juillet 2020. Durant sa réhabilitation, les marchand.e.s seront recasé.e.s au Champ de courses. Les travailleuse.eur.s adhérent au projet, mais certain.e.s s...
WIEGO Senior Advisor Marty Chen recently participated in an Institute of Development Studies webinar, " The COVID-19 crisis facing informal workers – what can be done? " and said the pandemic provides an opportunity for a major shift in our thinking about structural injustices in economies. At the...
WIEGO has partnered with HomeNet South Asia in a Comic Relief-supported project, to highlight the various tools and strategies being used by organizations in different parts of the globe to communicate during the COVID-19 crisis.
WIEGO, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) and HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA)
demand that brands extend a one-time Supply-chain Relief Contribution (SRC) to all garment workers in their supply chains during the COVID-19 crisis. In a July 20 statement , the organizations...
This open-access book, edited by Martha Chen and Françoise Carré, brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. It is the culmination of 20 years of pioneering work by WIEGO and calls for a paradigm shift in...
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.