Since 2021, I have also had the joy of doing monthly contract work with WIEGO, a global research and organizing network of workers in the informal economy. 7/
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Since 2021, I have also had the joy of doing monthly contract work with WIEGO, a global research and organizing network of workers in the informal economy. 7/
1/2 🚨 Join @SP_Gateway on 05 December for the #SPorgWebinar "Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation"
🔗https://buff.ly/49jXjl4
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🏢 UN Women, UNICEF, FCDO, HelpAge International and WIEGO
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1/2 🚨 Join @SP_Gateway on 05 December for the #SPorgWebinar "Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation"
🔗https://buff.ly/49jXjl4
🕛 08:00 (GMT-5)
🏢 UN Women, UNICEF, FCDO, HelpAge International and WIEGO
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🏢 UN Women, UNICEF, FCDO, HelpAge International and WIEGO
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🌍 Rumbo a #GSEF2025, una coalición global por la #EconomíaSocialSolidaria se moviliza.
🤝 RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, INSP!R y ANMC unen fuerzas: la ESS es clave para trabajo decente, cuidados y justicia social. 📄 Lee y comparte:
#ESS #TrabajoDecente #Cuidados #JusticiaSocial
🤝 RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, INSP!R y ANMC unen fuerzas: la ESS es clave para trabajo decente, cuidados y justicia social. 📄 Lee y comparte:
#ESS #TrabajoDecente #Cuidados #JusticiaSocial
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🌍 Rumbo a #GSEF2025, una coalición global por la #EconomíaSocialSolidaria se moviliza.
🤝 RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, INSP!R y ANMC unen fuerzas: la ESS es clave para trabajo decente, cuidados y justicia social. 📄 Lee y comparte:
#ESS #TrabajoDecente #Cuidados #JusticiaSocial
🤝 RIPESS, WIEGO, WSM, INSP!R y ANMC unen fuerzas: la ESS es clave para trabajo decente, cuidados y justicia social. 📄 Lee y comparte:
#ESS #TrabajoDecente #Cuidados #JusticiaSocial
Global worker networks unite to defend the Social & Solidarity Economy as a path to decent work and resilience ♻️✊🏽
With IAWP, HomeNet, StreetNet, IDWF & WIEGO
Read the statement: bit.ly/3Qg8gyA
With IAWP, HomeNet, StreetNet, IDWF & WIEGO
Read the statement: bit.ly/3Qg8gyA
April 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Global worker networks unite to defend the Social & Solidarity Economy as a path to decent work and resilience ♻️✊🏽
With IAWP, HomeNet, StreetNet, IDWF & WIEGO
Read the statement: bit.ly/3Qg8gyA
With IAWP, HomeNet, StreetNet, IDWF & WIEGO
Read the statement: bit.ly/3Qg8gyA
Thanks @floriangrant.bsky.social for the engagement. Good to connect. We have focussed on informal labour organising in context of india gig economy movements quite directly - tracing back to other informal workers movements in India and globally (like WIEGO) - would be good to have reflections.
May 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thanks @floriangrant.bsky.social for the engagement. Good to connect. We have focussed on informal labour organising in context of india gig economy movements quite directly - tracing back to other informal workers movements in India and globally (like WIEGO) - would be good to have reflections.
Congratulations to colleagues at WIEGO plus Data Labellers Association and Kenya Union of Gig Workers for your work securing this ILO Global Treaty providing workers rights and social protection to gig workers across the globe.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
ILO Adopts Landmark Treaty on Gig Work
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) adoption of a new global treaty for decent working conditions in the gig economy is a major step toward protecting the rights of millions of workers world...
www.hrw.org
June 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Congratulations to colleagues at WIEGO plus Data Labellers Association and Kenya Union of Gig Workers for your work securing this ILO Global Treaty providing workers rights and social protection to gig workers across the globe.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
📰🔬 “Precisamos produzir ciência com as comunidades, e não apenas sobre elas.”
Confira entrevista com Sonia Maria Dias, Especialista Global em Resíduos da WIEGO
#Ciência #Atualidades #GestãoDeResíduos #WIEGO
👉 Leia em nosso blog: revistacienciaecultura.org.br?p=10599
Confira entrevista com Sonia Maria Dias, Especialista Global em Resíduos da WIEGO
#Ciência #Atualidades #GestãoDeResíduos #WIEGO
👉 Leia em nosso blog: revistacienciaecultura.org.br?p=10599
September 16, 2026 at 11:04 AM
📰🔬 “Precisamos produzir ciência com as comunidades, e não apenas sobre elas.”
Confira entrevista com Sonia Maria Dias, Especialista Global em Resíduos da WIEGO
#Ciência #Atualidades #GestãoDeResíduos #WIEGO
👉 Leia em nosso blog: revistacienciaecultura.org.br?p=10599
Confira entrevista com Sonia Maria Dias, Especialista Global em Resíduos da WIEGO
#Ciência #Atualidades #GestãoDeResíduos #WIEGO
👉 Leia em nosso blog: revistacienciaecultura.org.br?p=10599
Women sustain life and transform the world through Social and Solidarity Economy www.elsaltodiario.com/mecambio/muj... @wsmbelgium.bsky.social #WIEGO #RIPESS #MDB #Bénin
Mujeres que sostienen la vida y transforman el mundo desde la ESS
En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer reafirmamos la convicción de que la Economía Social y Solidaria es una vía para garantizar trabajo decente, protección social universal y cuidados para to...
www.elsaltodiario.com
March 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Women sustain life and transform the world through Social and Solidarity Economy www.elsaltodiario.com/mecambio/muj... @wsmbelgium.bsky.social #WIEGO #RIPESS #MDB #Bénin
Women who sustain life and transform the world through the Social and Solidarity Economy. Story from partner #MDB #Benin www.elsaltodiario.com/mecambio/muj... #WIEGO #RIPESS
Mujeres que sostienen la vida y transforman el mundo desde la ESS
En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer reafirmamos la convicción de que la Economía Social y Solidaria es una vía para garantizar trabajo decente, protección social universal y cuidados para to...
www.elsaltodiario.com
March 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Women who sustain life and transform the world through the Social and Solidarity Economy. Story from partner #MDB #Benin www.elsaltodiario.com/mecambio/muj... #WIEGO #RIPESS
#ICYMI: We're delighted to share that we've signed an MoU with global research and advocacy network WIEGO, formalising our long-standing collaboration on research and informal sector taxation! 🎉
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation - ICTD
ICTD formalised its existing partnership with global research and advocacy network WIEGO on conducting research on informal sector taxation.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ICYMI: We're delighted to share that we've signed an MoU with global research and advocacy network WIEGO, formalising our long-standing collaboration on research and informal sector taxation! 🎉
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
Read about it here 👉 ow.ly/z19W50WtR0L
#TaxExperts #InformalEconomy #TaxPolicy #TaxResearch
New WIEGO podcast on how workers can leverage legal frameworks and administrative justice to advance social protection
#41 Governance, Social Protection And Law
In the third episode of the governance building block we move on to the discussion of legal frameworks and social protection.
How can legal provisions of participation, access to information, transpar
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November 21, 2024 at 3:36 PM
New WIEGO podcast on how workers can leverage legal frameworks and administrative justice to advance social protection
At today's @unhumanrights.bsky.social, @ilo.org WIEGO & other experts discussed challenges to realizing the rights to work & social security in the informal economy. A key issue: platform work, where workers are often excluded from labor rights. My latest for @hrw.org👇
UN Panel Discusses Need for Stronger Protections for Platform Workers
While platform companies promote flexibility, the reality for many workers is exclusion from labor and social security rights.
www.hrw.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At today's @unhumanrights.bsky.social, @ilo.org WIEGO & other experts discussed challenges to realizing the rights to work & social security in the informal economy. A key issue: platform work, where workers are often excluded from labor rights. My latest for @hrw.org👇
📢 New WIEGO podcast on Social Dialogue and Social Protection for Informal Workers out now!
What is social dialogue?
Why is it crucial in expanding social protection to informal workers?
How can informal workers access social dialogue spaces?
@cyrusafa.bsky.social
What is social dialogue?
Why is it crucial in expanding social protection to informal workers?
How can informal workers access social dialogue spaces?
@cyrusafa.bsky.social
#42 Social Dialogue and Social Protection for Informal Workers
In the fourth and last episode of the governance building block we dive into the discussion of social dialogue and social protection for informal workers.
But what does social dialogue actually mean?
soundcloud.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📢 New WIEGO podcast on Social Dialogue and Social Protection for Informal Workers out now!
What is social dialogue?
Why is it crucial in expanding social protection to informal workers?
How can informal workers access social dialogue spaces?
@cyrusafa.bsky.social
What is social dialogue?
Why is it crucial in expanding social protection to informal workers?
How can informal workers access social dialogue spaces?
@cyrusafa.bsky.social
Great article on 'Why work is (still) not working for women' by CNN for International Women's Day with lots of data and quotes from WIEGO colleagues
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/w...
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/w...
Why work is (still) not working for women | CNN
Sexual harassment, low wages and the ‘motherhood penalty’ are just some of the obstacles millions of women face at work in 2025.
edition.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Great article on 'Why work is (still) not working for women' by CNN for International Women's Day with lots of data and quotes from WIEGO colleagues
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/w...
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/w...
Excited to share a new @ictdtax.bsky.social policy brief on simplified tax regimes in Africa, written with ICTD, WIEGO & World Bank colleagues and calling for a new policy conversation on one of the most widely applied and least understood tax types on the continent.
www.ictd.ac/publication/...
www.ictd.ac/publication/...
Simplified Taxation in Africa: What We Know – and Need to Know - ICTD
This policy brief summarises what we know about simplified taxes in Africa, who pays them, and why they matter, while highlighting gaps in existing knowledge.
www.ictd.ac
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Excited to share a new @ictdtax.bsky.social policy brief on simplified tax regimes in Africa, written with ICTD, WIEGO & World Bank colleagues and calling for a new policy conversation on one of the most widely applied and least understood tax types on the continent.
www.ictd.ac/publication/...
www.ictd.ac/publication/...
There are many reasons to be worried about the relationship between #tax and #informality. But after a workshop with policymakers, CSOs and researchers from >20 countries, Vanessa van den Boogaard and I instead discuss 3 grounds for optimism - and how to make them real.
www.ictd.ac/blog/reasons...
www.ictd.ac/blog/reasons...
Reasons to be Optimistic about Tax and the Informal Sector - ICTD
ICTD, in collaboration with WIEGO and ATAF, and with the support of the Ghana Revenue Authority, hosted a three-day closed workshop in Ghana on informal sector taxation.
www.ictd.ac
March 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
There are many reasons to be worried about the relationship between #tax and #informality. But after a workshop with policymakers, CSOs and researchers from >20 countries, Vanessa van den Boogaard and I instead discuss 3 grounds for optimism - and how to make them real.
www.ictd.ac/blog/reasons...
www.ictd.ac/blog/reasons...
✊ it presents 70 cases of waste-related #conflicts involving waste pickers, collected with the contribution of more than 50 activists and researchers from all over the world, the ejatlas.org, the IAWP @globalrec.bsky.social and WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
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September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
✊ it presents 70 cases of waste-related #conflicts involving waste pickers, collected with the contribution of more than 50 activists and researchers from all over the world, the ejatlas.org, the IAWP @globalrec.bsky.social and WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
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3/3 Mukta Naik moderated a session on ‘Co-Creating Solutions: Climate-Resilient Vending Zones’ at the National Consultation on Street Vendors and Climate Justice: Co-creating Climate-resilient Solutions for Informal Workers, organised by WIEGO and Janpahal on 26 February 2026.
March 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM
3/3 Mukta Naik moderated a session on ‘Co-Creating Solutions: Climate-Resilient Vending Zones’ at the National Consultation on Street Vendors and Climate Justice: Co-creating Climate-resilient Solutions for Informal Workers, organised by WIEGO and Janpahal on 26 February 2026.
OPINION | A. Corkery & M. von Broembsen, @WIEGO
In the run up to the ILC, collective bargaining risks being overlooked. R204 affirms that all workers in the informal economy regardless of their employment status have a right to bargain collectively.
▶️ www.equaltimes.org/collective-b...
In the run up to the ILC, collective bargaining risks being overlooked. R204 affirms that all workers in the informal economy regardless of their employment status have a right to bargain collectively.
▶️ www.equaltimes.org/collective-b...
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
OPINION | A. Corkery & M. von Broembsen, @WIEGO
In the run up to the ILC, collective bargaining risks being overlooked. R204 affirms that all workers in the informal economy regardless of their employment status have a right to bargain collectively.
▶️ www.equaltimes.org/collective-b...
In the run up to the ILC, collective bargaining risks being overlooked. R204 affirms that all workers in the informal economy regardless of their employment status have a right to bargain collectively.
▶️ www.equaltimes.org/collective-b...
♻️ The World Circular Economy Forum 2025 joint statement, signed by Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Circular Economy Foundation, WIEGO and the IAWP, highlights informal workers' key role in circularity and calls for an economy centered on Global South perspectives 🌍
Read it here: www.bit.ly/3YNxFBn
Read it here: www.bit.ly/3YNxFBn
May 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
♻️ The World Circular Economy Forum 2025 joint statement, signed by Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Circular Economy Foundation, WIEGO and the IAWP, highlights informal workers' key role in circularity and calls for an economy centered on Global South perspectives 🌍
Read it here: www.bit.ly/3YNxFBn
Read it here: www.bit.ly/3YNxFBn
📣 "El trabajo de cuidados —remunerado y no remunerado— sostiene la vida y la economía, pero sigue siendo invisibilizado y feminizado."
👉 Llegeix al @elsaltodiario.com com s'organitza l'economia justa, feminista i centrada en la vida. També disponible a @reasrdr.bsky.social.
👉 Llegeix al @elsaltodiario.com com s'organitza l'economia justa, feminista i centrada en la vida. També disponible a @reasrdr.bsky.social.
Mujeres que sostienen la vida y transforman el mundo desde la ESS - economiasolidaria.org
En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, las redes WSM, INSP!R, WIEGO y RIPESS siguen uniendo sus voces para afirmar una convicción común: la Economía Social y Solidaria (ESS) es una vía concret...
www.economiasolidaria.org
March 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
📣 "El trabajo de cuidados —remunerado y no remunerado— sostiene la vida y la economía, pero sigue siendo invisibilizado y feminizado."
👉 Llegeix al @elsaltodiario.com com s'organitza l'economia justa, feminista i centrada en la vida. També disponible a @reasrdr.bsky.social.
👉 Llegeix al @elsaltodiario.com com s'organitza l'economia justa, feminista i centrada en la vida. També disponible a @reasrdr.bsky.social.
OPINION | par Allison Corkery & Marlese von Broembsen (WIEGO)
"Il est indispensable de mettre à jour le droit du travail et de promulguer des lois sectorielles sur la négociation collective, conçues pour tenir compte des réalités du travail informel." #OIT #CIT
www.equaltimes.org/les-lois-sur...
"Il est indispensable de mettre à jour le droit du travail et de promulguer des lois sectorielles sur la négociation collective, conçues pour tenir compte des réalités du travail informel." #OIT #CIT
www.equaltimes.org/les-lois-sur...
Les lois sur la négociation collective doivent être au cœur des efforts de formalisation
La négociation collective doit se trouver au cœur de la prochaine Conférence internationale du Travail (CIT), à l'heure où les pays membres font face à la lenteur des progrès à l'échelle mondiale en m...
www.equaltimes.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
OPINION | par Allison Corkery & Marlese von Broembsen (WIEGO)
"Il est indispensable de mettre à jour le droit du travail et de promulguer des lois sectorielles sur la négociation collective, conçues pour tenir compte des réalités du travail informel." #OIT #CIT
www.equaltimes.org/les-lois-sur...
"Il est indispensable de mettre à jour le droit du travail et de promulguer des lois sectorielles sur la négociation collective, conçues pour tenir compte des réalités du travail informel." #OIT #CIT
www.equaltimes.org/les-lois-sur...
Really proud to support 'CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers' - a creative workshop and art exhibition by visual artist Veronica Alkmim França, curated by photographer & sociologist Sonia Dias for WIEGO
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November 23, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Really proud to support 'CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers' - a creative workshop and art exhibition by visual artist Veronica Alkmim França, curated by photographer & sociologist Sonia Dias for WIEGO
buff.ly/3uysn04
buff.ly/3uysn04
Webinar Economia Circular & Mudanças Climáticas no contexto da Transição Justa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0D5....
Foi em 29/04/2025 via Fórum Brasileiro de Mudança do Clima - #FBMC com #WIEGO e outras entidades: www.wiego.org/events/brasi... e fbmc.org.br/camaras/econ....
... debater soluções...
Foi em 29/04/2025 via Fórum Brasileiro de Mudança do Clima - #FBMC com #WIEGO e outras entidades: www.wiego.org/events/brasi... e fbmc.org.br/camaras/econ....
... debater soluções...
Webinar Economia Circular & Mudanças Climáticas no contexto da Transição Justa
YouTube video by Fórum Brasileiro de Mudança do Clima
www.youtube.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Webinar Economia Circular & Mudanças Climáticas no contexto da Transição Justa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0D5....
Foi em 29/04/2025 via Fórum Brasileiro de Mudança do Clima - #FBMC com #WIEGO e outras entidades: www.wiego.org/events/brasi... e fbmc.org.br/camaras/econ....
... debater soluções...
Foi em 29/04/2025 via Fórum Brasileiro de Mudança do Clima - #FBMC com #WIEGO e outras entidades: www.wiego.org/events/brasi... e fbmc.org.br/camaras/econ....
... debater soluções...
A lot of attention has been on #FfD4 & the Compromiso de Sevilla – but what does it actually mean amidst a global debt crisis?
@maxgallien.bsky.social & @floriangrant.bsky.social chat with WIEGO about the process and its outcomes: www.wiego.org/blog/tax-jus...
#FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts
@maxgallien.bsky.social & @floriangrant.bsky.social chat with WIEGO about the process and its outcomes: www.wiego.org/blog/tax-jus...
#FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts
Funding Development Through the Lens of Tax Justice and Social Protection
What is the International Conference on Financing for Development and how is it significant in setting the agenda for development financing and cooperation? Max: It’s a large UN-driven process that br...
www.wiego.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A lot of attention has been on #FfD4 & the Compromiso de Sevilla – but what does it actually mean amidst a global debt crisis?
@maxgallien.bsky.social & @floriangrant.bsky.social chat with WIEGO about the process and its outcomes: www.wiego.org/blog/tax-jus...
#FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts
@maxgallien.bsky.social & @floriangrant.bsky.social chat with WIEGO about the process and its outcomes: www.wiego.org/blog/tax-jus...
#FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts