News on informal economy
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Informality
Lima’s Gamarra market: The benefits of moving to the formal economy
09 October 2019
Combating informality is key to governments’ efforts to reduce inequality and social exclusion. This is particularly true in Peru where many employees work in informal conditions.
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Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Debate on regulating digital labour platforms is crucial
02 September 2019
The ILO Director-General highlighted the need for policies to deal with the challenges of web-based labour platforms. Some form of regulation is needed, Guy Ryder said at the meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Matsuyama, Japan.
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News
ILO and StreetNet investigate the organizational needs of street and market vendors in Moldova
30 August 2019
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News
ILO participates in SEWA Workshop on Development of Grassroots Women’s Cooperatives in Ahmedabad
26 August 2019
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment
16 July 2019
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Ms Oksana Abboud, International Coordinator at StreetNet International.
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Informal Economy
Future of trade unions depends on organizing the informal economy
20 June 2019
A new report reveals that organizing workers in the informal economy may spark the renewal of the trade union movement. This can be done by expanding membership and collective bargaining coverage in the informal economy in order to protect labour rights, project a united voice and influence social and economic policies.
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News
ILO shares its message for a parallel event at the 63rd CSW on empowering women in waste management
19 March 2019
ILO has sent a video message for a parallel event to the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on cooperative ways to empower informal women workers in waste management chains.
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News
Uses of cooperatives and other SSE organizations reflected at the 2018 edition of the ITC-ILO Academy on the transition to the formal economy
29 November 2018
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News
ILO’s participation in the WIEGO General Assembly
29 November 2018
ILO COOP participated in the seventh General Assembly of Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing Organizing (WIEGO) that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 12-14 November 2018.
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News
ILO Academy on the transition to the formal economy: Third edition
23 November 2018