Law Programme

Your Rights and Duties as an Informal Trader

This guide is meant for informal traders in Accra, Ghana. It covers market traders who sell in public markets. It also covers hawkers who...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains

Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence: What It Means for Subcontracted Workers in Workshops and Homes

Labour Rights are Human Rights! Beyond the Slogan for Workers in Informal Employment

From the Palace to the Kitchens: Making C189 Real for Domestic Workers in Africa – WIEGO Law & Informality Insights No. 9

From ‘Battles’ to Collective Agreements Between Street Vendors and Local Authorities in Zimbabwe – WIEGO Organizing Brief No. 17

Law Programme

Written Observations on the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Content and Scope of the Right to Care as a Human Right and its Interrelation with Other Rights

WIEGO submitted written observations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the right to care. The submission was developed...

‘Whose Law? Our Law!’: Critical Reflections on Legalization, Social Dialogue and Street Vendors’ Organizing in São Paulo

Key Points The institutionalization of social dialogue is an important step towards more just regulation of informal vending, but alone it...

Innovative Legislation in Australia Protects Homeworkers in the Garment and Footwear Sector

Key Points Outworkers in Australia’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) industry are known to be particularly vulnerable to exploitation...