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Four more days to apply for our Internal Auditor position! 💻 Remote position 🗓️ Flexible hours Responsibilities include: ✔ Developing and maintaining an Internal Audit Manual, ✔ Developing and executing audit plans which are in alignment with WIEGO’s strategies, objectives, and risks and presenting the audit plans annually to the Board for approval, ✔ Reporting on and monitoring the effectiveness of internal controls to safeguard assets, And more! #JobAlert #Auditor Apply by 30 April: https://bit.ly/3Q4fG51

WIEGO's Annual Report is available now 📢 How do we plan to keep women workers and their organizations at the center of everything we do? ✊🏾 After extensive consultation with organizations of workers in informal employment, WIEGO’s points of focus for our work in the next 5 years include: 1️⃣Producing and showcasing research that supports universal social protection; 2️⃣Strengthening our work on the social and solidarity economy; 3️⃣Building working-class unity, collective organization and solidarity through the WIEGO School; 4️⃣Deepening our work on climate change mitigation and just transitions; 5️⃣Monitoring new ways of working, focusing on platform employment; 6️⃣Increasing the visibility of workers through statistics; 7️⃣Highlighting the power of research and data. 👉🏾 Read our Annual Report to learn more: https://bit.ly/3T6ciay

As climate change intensifies, workers worldwide are at an increased risk of exposure to hazards such as excessive heat, ultraviolet radiation, and extreme weather events. WIEGO's Workers' Health Coordinator, Christy Adeola Braham, will participate in an International Labour Organization panel that discusses their new report on the impact of climate change on workers’ safety and health. Watch the live stream this Thursday, 25 April: https://bit.ly/4d7Inbu

We are looking for an Internal Auditor to support our work around the globe. ✊🏾 Responsibilities include providing independent and objective evaluations of WIEGO’s financial, operational and compliance risks. 💻 Remote position 🗓️ Flexible hours If you have experience in developing and executing audit plans and evaluating internal control systems, apply by 30 April: https://bit.ly/3Q4fG51 #JobOpportunity #Auditor

We are looking for a Finance Officer to support our work around the globe. ✊🏾 This is an exciting opportunity to use your finance skills and experience to make a real difference. We are seeking a UK home-based Finance Officer to manage our day-to-day finances. You will work in a small, friendly team and be responsible for helping to ensure the effective financial administration of WIEGO’s operations, including compilation of bank reconciliations and purchase ledger analysis. 💻 UK home-based. 🗓️ Full-time (37.5 hours per week) If you have a minimum of 3 years of work experience in a financial role, apply by 26 April: https://bit.ly/4d0PGl9 #JobAlert #Finance #FinanceJobs

Street vendors in Dakar are fighting back against a surge in evictions and organizing towards a solution.  ✊🏿 Dakar’s police evicted around 3,000 street vendors from the Petersen Market in March 2023. Many case studies conducted by WIEGO have shown that forced evictions are counterproductive, yet authorities insist on this practice. In the case of last year’s evictions in Dakar, the street vendors have organized: they created a platform to weigh in on decisions and have identified plots of land for sale where they could continue working. Read more: https://bit.ly/3TEmLu6 #StreetVendors #InformalEconomy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lxs vendedorxs ambulantes de Dakar se defienden del aluvión de desalojos y se organizan a favor de una solución. ✊🏿 La policía de Dakar desalojó a unxs 3 000 vendedorxs ambulantes del mercado de Petersen en marzo de 2023. Muchos estudios de caso realizados por WIEGO demuestran que los desalojos forzosos son contraproducentes, pero las autoridades insisten en esta práctica. En el caso de las expulsiones en Dakar del año pasado, lxs vendedorxs ambulantes han venido organizándose: crearon una plataforma para intervenir en las decisiones e identificaron terrenos en venta donde podrían seguir trabajando. Entérate aquí: https://bit.ly/3xqHz0X ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Dakar ripostent contre une poussée d’expulsions et s’organisent pour trouver une solution. ✊🏿 La police de Dakar a expulsé environ 3 000 vendeuse·eur·s du marché Petersen en mars 2023. De nombreuses études de cas menées par WIEGO montrent que les expulsions forcées sont contre-productives, mais les autorités insistent sur cette pratique. Dans le cas des expulsions de l’année dernière à Dakar, les vendeuse·eur·s de rue se sont organisé·e·s :  elles·ils ont créé une plateforme pour apporter leur avis sur les décisions, et ont identifié des terrains à vendre où elles·ils pourraient continuer d’exercer leur activité. Pour en savoir plus : https://bit.ly/3POUnEL

In the midst of conflict, climate change and cost-of-living pressures, the need for collective organizing and action for systemic change is clear. As domestic workers, home-based workers, street and market vendors, and waste pickers continue to build strong international networks and organize globally, WIEGO’s emphasis is shifting to workers’ education, building solidarity across these sectors and engaging in the big debates of our time around the world of work. WIEGO’s Annual Report showcases the role we will play within that context. 👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3T6ciay #Report #InformalEconomy #InformalEmployment --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entre conflictos, el impacto del cambio climático y la presión por el costo de vida, se ve con claridad la necesidad de la organización colectiva y de acciones para un cambio sistémico. Como lxs trabajadorxs del hogar, trabajadorxs en domicilio, vendedorxs ambulantes y de mercado y recicladorxs continúan construyendo redes internacionales sólidas y organizándose a nivel global, WIEGO está haciendo más énfasis en la educación de lxs trabajadorxs, en el refuerzo del sentido de solidaridad entre los sectores y en el compromiso con los grandes debates de nuestros tiempos respecto al mundo del trabajo.   El informe anual de WIEGO presenta el papel que vamos a desempeñar en ese contexto. 👉 Más información: http://bit.ly/3vpsEDz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Au beau milieu des conflits, du changement climatique et des pressions engendrées par le coût de la vie, la nécessité d’une organisation collective et d’actions favorisant un changement systémique se fait ressentir de manière évidente. Alors que les travailleuses domestiques, les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile, les vendeuse·eur·s de rue et de marché et les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux ne cessent de créer des réseaux internationaux solides et de s’organiser à l’échelle mondiale, WIEGO met désormais l’accent sur l’éducation des travailleuse·eur·s, sur l’édification de la solidarité entre ces secteurs et sur l’engagement dans les grands débats de notre époque autour du monde du travail. Le rapport annuel de WIEGO met en vitrine le rôle que nous allons jouer dans ce contexte. 👉 Pour en savoir plus : https://bit.ly/4avNSP8

"We are seeing today the importance of the waste pickers movement to participate in the climate change discussions… The time is now." ✊🏾 Madalena Duarte, a waste picker leader in Brazil, reflects on the importance of organizing. This video is part of a series of interviews recorded in Brazil during the launch of WIEGO’s study "Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil". In the videos, waste pickers talk about the impacts of climate change on their work and the solutions they propose. As the climate changes, all workers should be able to work in safe, healthy and secure work conditions and workplaces. Learn more about the study: https://bit.ly/3Gu6UYX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hoje o movimento de catadores tá vendo a importância de participar mais da discussão sobre mudança climática… O momento é agora." ✊🏾 Madalena Duarte, uma das líderes do movimento de catadores no Brasil, reflete sobre a importância de se organizar coletivamente. Este vídeo faz parte de uma série de entrevistas filmadas no Brasil durante o lançamento do estudo "Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil". Nestes vídeos, os catadores falam sobre o impacto das mudanças climáticas no seu trabalho e quais soluções eles propõem. À medida que o clima muda, todos os trabalhadores devem ter acesso a condições e locais de trabalho seguros, saudáveis e protegidos. Saiba mais sobre o estudo: https://bit.ly/490SM5w

"We recently experienced a flood… and the association I belong to, ASCITO, also suffered from landslides that damaged some materials." Jennifer Thaís explains how a flood has affected the livelihoods of waste pickers in Itabirito, Brazil. This video is part of a series of interviews recorded in Brazil during the launch of WIEGO’s study "Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil". In the videos, waste pickers talk about the impacts of climate change on their work and the solutions they propose. As the climate changes, all workers should be able to work in safe, healthy and secure work conditions and workplaces. Learn more about the study: https://bit.ly/3Gu6UYX International Alliance of Waste Pickers #ClimateJustice #WastePickers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nós passamos por uma enchente, e a associação da qual eu pertenço, ASCITO, sofreu com deslizamento de terra, prejudicando alguns materiais." Jennifer Thaís explica como uma enchente afetou o sustento dos catadores de materiais recicláveis em Itabirito, MG. Este vídeo faz parte de uma série de entrevistas filmadas no Brasil durante o lançamento do estudo "Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil". Nestes vídeos, os catadores falam sobre o impacto das mudanças climáticas no seu trabalho e quais soluções eles propõem. À medida que o clima muda, todos os trabalhadores devem ter acesso a condições e locais de trabalho seguros, saudáveis e protegidos. Saiba mais sobre o estudo: https://bit.ly/490SM5w

"What we ask from public authorities is access to our headquarters… designed for the waste pickers' work." Gilberto Chagas from Acamares-Sarzedo, a waste picker association in Brazil, explains the hardships of working under extreme heat in warehouses that are not prepared for waste pickers' work. This video is part of a series of interviews recorded in Brazil during the launch of WIEGO’s study "Climate-Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Waste Pickers’ Experiences from Brazil". In the videos, waste pickers talk about the impacts of climate change on their work and the solutions they propose. Local governments need to put workers at the center of climate resilience planning and policy. Learn more about the study: https://bit.ly/3Gu6UYX International Alliance of Waste Pickers #ClimateJustice #WastePickers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "O que a gente pede do poder público é acesso à uma sede própria… um galpão com um projeto p/ os catadores" Gilberto Chagas, de Acamares — Sarzedo, explica as dificuldades de trabalhar sob calor intenso num galpão que não é planejado p/ o trabalho dos catadores. Este vídeo faz parte de uma série de entrevistas filmadas no Brasil durante o lançamento do estudo "Impactos das mudanças climáticas e estratégias de adaptação: Experiências de catadoras e catadores de materiais recicláveis do Brasil". Nestes vídeos, os catadores falam sobre o impacto das mudanças climáticas no seu trabalho e quais soluções eles propõem. Os governos locais precisam colocar os trabalhadores no centro do planejamento e da política de resiliência climática. Saiba mais sobre o estudo: https://bit.ly/490SM5w #JustiçaClimática #Catadores