My take on the World Bank’s new Social Protection & Jobs sector strategy, the SPJ Compass. It’s great that the strategy makes a strong commitment to universal social protection, but the guidance on how countries can get there is problematic. A short🧵 hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

♻️📹 Quienes trabajan reciclando prestan un servicio de enorme valor para la comunidad y el cuidado del ambiente. Gracias a @Wiegoglobal por invitar a Soledad García Muñoz y equipo #REDESCA a conocer de primera mano las problemáticas y el trabajo de las personas recicladoras en #Lima 🇵🇪

Post-pandemic we can see that care responsibilities have increased for HBWs during #COVID19, affecting their employment. Recovery has been uneven and staggered. On #HBWDay, we ask for RECOGNITION and REGULATION for HBWs WIEGO Shalini Sinha

🚨 A new set of reports exploring the dynamics of paid and unpaid domestic work in urban India, assessing findings from 10,000 households, is being launched. Watch the live stream of the event in Bengaluru here: youtu.be/ZxuyfpZbRX0 Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Yesterday we marked #CAREDay22👶🏿🍼 In #Durban, #SouthAfrica🇿🇦, informally employed women traders aren’t able to access quality child care. Trader mothers identified the need for mobile clinics & services close to their work, and developed a solution with Asiye eTafuleni⤵️

In Madhya Pradesh #domesticworkers argue for a household tax to provide welfare benefits through a welfare board 📋

What was the impact of South Africa's SRD Grant on the economic lives of informal traders? Together with the The Centre for Social Development in Africa we conducted a qualitative study to find out. Read up on some the initial findings here 📔 news24.com/news24/opinion… via @news24

In recognition of the passing of Ela Bhatt - founder of SEWA, co-founder and founding chair of WIEGO, and eternal guiding light of the movement of women workers in informal employment - we are sending love to our SEWA sisters and the people she inspired around the world.

1️⃣ week to go! We’re getting ready for WIEGO’s ✨General Assembly 2022✨, a key governance event for the WIEGO Network, happening every four years. Take a look at our past assemblies 👉🏾 wiego.org/about-us/wiego… And stay tuned for more coming soon! #WIEGOGA2022

🟠#HappeningNow @ #WIEGOGA2022: ✨constituency meetings✨ The WIEGO network is formed by individual and institutional members 👉🏾 wiego.org/who-we-are This morning, our constituencies are meeting to review progress and provide feedback on WIEGO’s plans for the next 5 years.

"Efforts towards greener systems are impacting & displacing workers"- Sonia Dias at our researcher constituency mtg at #WIEGOGA2022 We plan to document waste pickers' struggles & experiences to more clearly understand the impact of #climatechange + just transition frameworks ♻️

International Alliance of Waste Pickers demanding representation in plastics treaty discussions theconversation.com/waste-pickers-…

WIEGO’s Marlese von Broembsen explains: 🔸The role home-based work plays in global #supplychains 🔸How EU #duediligence laws could protect homeworkers 🔸What a bottom up worker-driven approach to due diligence could look like Interview w/ FES Connect: fes.de/en/shaping-a-j… #YesEUcan

I'm so honored and delighted to join the #SchwabFound – a community of over 450 global social entrepreneurs that have impacted the lives of nearly 1 billion people — alongside my sisters Lorraine Sibanda (@StreetNet1) and Sally Roever (WIEGO)! #SchwabAwards23 #wef23

So many fascinating ideas coming from this #SchwabFound group to tackle the major challenges we are facing as a global community.

We're #hiring! ⚖️Programme Officer in #Africa 🌎Remote 🗓 Deadline: February 13th More info and how to apply: wiego.org/wiego-law-prog… 🤔Know someone? Please RT!

Join us on 1 March at 13h00 UTC for the fourth session of our Teach In Series titled "What is Structural Violence" taught by Tonya Haynes tonya 🏳️‍🌈 Register here: bit.ly/3KJ9pdx

The current wave of fiscal retrenchment is imperiling the health and livelihoods of billions of essential workers around the world, argues WIEGO’s Christy Adeola Braham. bit.ly/3n0DGKL

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We are looking for a new Director for the WIEGO Law Programme. Come join us! 🗓️5 days a week 🌍Remote Apply by 30th June ➡️wiego.org/law-programme-…