Law Programme

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...

Waste Pickers and Human Rights in Latin America

This edition of Law & Informality Insights describes WIEGO’s strategies to articulate the working conditions of waste pickers as human...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Analyzing the Implementation of C189 in Latin America and the Caribbean

This Resource Document examines the measures that 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries have taken towards implementing C189: Argentina,...

Defending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America

Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned.

The Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...