In🇦🇷, 870 families have access to free childcare in MTE's CIRAs, their worker-run Children’s Leisure and Learning Centres. WIEGO's Tracy Koske writes for Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) about the role CIRAs play in reducing child labour & fostering gender equality 👇 bit.ly/3WIayHx

How has technology been used to include workers in informal employment in #SocialProtection systems? 🤔 Tony Roberts from Institute of Development Studies & African Digital Rights Network and Gbenga Sesan from Paradigm Initiative (PIN) answer that & other questions in a new podcast episode. 🎙️ Listen now: bit.ly/4fkf2vp

Pour entrer dans le marché du travail formel, les travailleuse·eur·s se heurtent à la discrimination ethnique et de classe, ou à la surcharge de soins - surtout les femmes. Comment les #cooperatives = travail, production et représentation politique ? 👉 bit.ly/3xJ6nSq

🌎🌍🌏@ILO conference calls for decent work in the care system around the world, using #coops – and also hears calls for good care services for informal workers CICOPA WIEGO HomeNet International StreetNet International 👇 thenews.coop/ilo-conference…

Why can understanding supply chains improve the livelihoods of African #CraftMakers? Spoiler alert: knowledge & union are power ➡️ power can lead to fairer negotiations for terms of trade or access to markets ✊🏿 Read our blog by HomeNet International's Edwin Bett: bit.ly/3STa4vY

We are #Hiring a Public Health & Tax Project Coordinator! 💻 Work from home 🗓️ 3 days per week The role will manage a five-year research & advocacy grant focused on public health & taxation. If you have project management experience, apply by 27 August: bit.ly/4fSAEPA

¿Dónde se origina el argumento de que la protección social propicia más informalidad?👇 Eduardo González & Florian Juergens escriben para Revista Nexos sobre la literatura no probatoria de ese supuesto y sobre la urgencia de proteger a lxs más vulnerables bit.ly/3W7I1K1

"As global warming transforms labor markets, more than 2B workers in informal employment are at risk of heat-related illness & disability." How can institutional frameworks protect them? Read Laura Alfers & Christy Adeola Braham's article for Project Syndicate 👇 bit.ly/3Xczsj0

Despite the state's tendency to perpetuate private interests and adopt policies that block access to public space, workers in informal employment in NYC are managing to create an impact. #Policymakers should recognize the value of their work. How? 👉  bit.ly/3WAikSw

To prevent the rise in morbidity associated with heat stress, governments must expand access to potable water, shade, indoor ventilation, and occupational health services, argue WIEGO’s Laura Alfers and Christy Adeola Braham. bit.ly/3AzyHrp

Comprendre les chaînes d’approvisionnement favorise les moyens de subsistance des artisan·e·s d’Afrique. Pourquoi ? Le savoir et l’union font le pouvoir pour négocier l’accès aux marchés et au commerce. ✊🏿Lisez notre blog par Edwin Bett de HomeNet International : bit.ly/3STSpo4

Mañana es el lanzamiento del libro "Intervención en Plaza Garibaldi: Una propuesta de las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal" 🙂🇲🇽 ¿Cómo se vería la #PlazaGaribaldi si se contemplaran las necesidades de las personas que habitan y/o trabajan ahí? ¡Nos vemos mañana! #CDMX

🧺 Crafters' earnings support their families, making it a sector that deserves government support. However, governments often prioritize foreign investment over supporting local industries. How are workers organizing themselves in this scenario? 👉🏿 bit.ly/3STa4vY

NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🎙️🚨 What is the political economy perspective on the ideas, actors, and policy implications of digitizing social protection in Mozambique? We’re joined by Ruth Castel-Branco from Southern Centre for Inequality Studies to answer this question. Listen now: bit.ly/4e9PWhj