Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global, UK-based network focused on empowering the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy to secure their livelihoods. They believe all workers should have equal economic opportunities, rights, protection and voice. WIEGO promotes change by improving statistics and expanding knowledge on the informal economy; building networks and capacity among informal worker organisations; and, jointly with the networks and organisations, influencing local, national and international policies.
Email: wiego@wiego.org
Twitter: @WIEGOGLOBAL
Facebook: @wiegoglobal
Publications
Dias, S, M., Ogando, A, C., Castan-Broto, V., Goncalves, J., Cypriano, B. (2023). Blog: ‘From Climate Research to Climate Action: Climate Change Mapping of Impacts on Brazilian Waste Pickers.’ WIEGO.
WIEGO (2023). Blog: ‘Joint Statement on COP28 by Global Networks of Workers in Informal Employment.’
WIEGO (2023). MBO Newsletter: ‘A Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers.’
Asafu-Adjaye, P. (2022). New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case Study of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana
WIEGO (2022). Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City.
Majithia, A., Narayan, M., and Sinha, S. (2022). Claiming Space for Informal Work in Master Planning: Reflections from a People’s Campaign in Delhi
Chen, M., Grapsa, E., Ismail, G., Rogan, M., Valdivia, M., Alfers, L., Harvey, J., Ogando, A. C., Reed, S. O. and Roever, S. (2021). COVID-19 and Informal Work: Distinct Pathways of Impact and Recovery in 11 Cities Around the World. WIEGO Working Paper No. 42.
Skinner, C., Barrett, J., Alfers, L. and Rogan, M. (2021). Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. Policy Brief (Social Protection) No. 22.
Rogan, M. (2019). Tax Justice and the Informal Economy: A Review of the Debates. WIEGO Working Paper No. 41.
Von Broembsen, M. (2019). The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating informal labour in global production networks. WIEGO Working Paper No. 40.
Coggin, T. (2019). Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment. WIEGO Working Paper No. 39.
Carré, F., Horn, P. and Bonner, C. (2018). Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes Place. WIEGO Working Paper No. 38.
Obino, F. (2013). Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India. WIEGO Policy Brief (Urban Policies) No. 14.
Sinha, S. (2013). Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Women's Association in India. WIEGO Policy Brief (Urban Policies) No. 13.
Sally Roever
Currently based in: United States
Email: sally.roever@wiego.org
Publications and resources:
Mwendwa, I., Nyamwire, B., Roever, S. (2023). ‘How Gig Work Exploits Instead of Empowers Women in the Global South’. SSIR.
Mhlana, S., Moussie, R., Roever, S., Rogan, M. (2023). ‘Informal employment: what is missing from national economic recovery plans?’ WIDER Working Paper 2023/92.
Video (22 June 2023): ‘Closing Remarks from Sally Roever – WIEGO.’ HomeNet International.
Chen, M., Grapsa, E., Ismail, G., Rogan, M., Valdivia, M., Alfers, L., Harvey, J., Ogando, A., Reed, S. and Roever, S. (2021). Covid‐19 and informal work: Evidence from 11 cities
Ratan, A. L., Roever, S., Jhabvala, R. and Sen, P. (2021). Evidence Review of COVID-19 and Women’s Informal Employment: A Call to Support the Most Vulnerable First in the Economic Recovery. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Roever, S. (2020). This new crisis underscores old injustices in the global economy. WIEGO.
Roever, S. and Skinner, C. (2018). Women’s Informal Employment in Africa: New Terrain of Worker Struggles. The Future of Women’s Work in Africa, BUWA, A Journal of African Women’s Experiences. Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, (9).
Ogando, A., Roever, S. and Rogan, M., (2017). Gender and informal livelihoods. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 37(7/8), pp.435-451.
Martha Alter Chen
Currently based in: United States
Other affiliations: Harvard University
Publications and resources:
Chen, M., and Vanek, J. (2023). ‘Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on employment: Findings from national labour surveys in five Latin American countries.’ WIDER Working Paper 2023/94.
Chen, M., Grapsa, E., Ismail, G., Rogan, M., Valdivia, M., and Reed, S. O. (2022). COVID-19 and informal work: Degrees and pathways of impact in 11 cities around the world
Chen, M., Grapsa, E., Ismail, G., Rogan, M., Valdivia, M., Alfers, L., Harvey, J., Ogando, A. C., Reed, S. O. and Roever, S. (2021). COVID-19 and Informal Work: Distinct Pathways of Impact and Recovery in 11 Cities Around the World. WIEGO Working Paper No. 42.
Chapter in book. Chen, M. (2019). Economic Rights of the Informal Self-Employed in Economic Liberties and Human Rights.
Chen, M., Harvey, J., Wanjiku Kihato, C. and Skinner, C. (2018). Inclusive Public Spaces for Informal Livelihoods: A Discussion Paper for Urban Planners and Policy Makers. Manchester and Brussels: WIEGO and Cities Alliance.
Chen, M. and Beard, V. (2018). Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers for More Equal and Productive Cities in the Global South. Washington, DC, USA: World Resources Institute.
Chen, M. (2014). Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers. WIEGO.
Rachel Moussié
Currently based in: Mauritius
Email: rachel.moussie@wiego.org
Publications and resources:
Aliga, A., Delbiso, T, D., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Lambon-Quayefio, M., Moussié, R., Peterman, A., and Tilahun, N. (2023). ‘Smart investment in global childcare requires local solutions and a coordinated research agenda.’ PubMed.
Moussié, R., and Alfers, L. (2022). ‘Pandemic, informality and women’s work: Redefining social protection priorities at WIEGO.’ SAGE Journals.
Ogando, A. C., Rogan, M. and Moussié, R. (2021). Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and unpaid care work on informal workers’ livelihoods. International Labour Review.
2019. Podcast: Child Care and the Informal Economy
Moussié, R. (2018). Proper child care helps poor working women – and it can boost economies. The Conversation.
Moussié, R. (2016). Child care for women informal workers proves essential to earning power. WIEGO.
Jane Barrett
Currently based in: South Africa
Email: jane.barrett@wiego.org
Publications and resources:
Video: (21 June 2023). ‘Plenary discussion on organising, led by Jane Barett – WIEGO.’ HomeNet International.
Skinner, C., Barrett, J., Alfers, L. and Rogan, M. (2021). Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions. Policy Brief (Social Protection) No. 22.