Theme: COVID-19 Crisis Study

WIEGO Network Platform – Hindi

वैिश्वक अथर्व्यवस्था में अनौपचािरक श्रिमक संगठन सभी स्तरों पर सरकारों को इस दौरान जमीनी स्तर पर उभरने वाले राहत प्रयासों पर हमारे साथ भागीदार...

Overview of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inclusive Recycling in Brazil

Reshaping our systems of inclusive recycling is important, with waste pickers an essential part of Brazil’s economy, write Sonia Dias, Ricardo...

Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC): Informal Workers & COVID-19: Impact and Vision for the Future

• July 14, 2020
• Online

Sixty-one per cent of all workers –2 billion people– are informally employed.  Many of those who work informally, live in slums and their...

ZCIEA Press Statement on the re-opening of the informal sector in Zimbabwe

President of Zimbabwe has said that informal sector enterprises can operate “on condition they register with their authorities first,...

Capacité de Résilience des Acteurs de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS) Face au COVID-19

• June 17, 2020
• Online

17 juin 2020 l 11h00 l Temps Universel Coordonné (TUC) En collaboration avec le Ministère de la Microfinance et de l’Economie sociale...

How are Peru’s street vendors facing COVID-19?

With a budget equivalent to 12% of its GDP, Peru put together the largest COVID-19 pandemic response package in Latin America. Its main intention...

COVID-19, Cities & Urban Informal Workers: An International Perspective

Presentation delivered by Dr. Marty A. Chen, International Coordinator Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing...

COVID-19, Plastic Pollution and the Green Recovery

• June 10, 2020
• Online

The COVID-19 pandemic has created devastating setbacks for the environmental sector, including the movement to transition away from single-use...

HNEE Petition: Emergency Minimum Income for Unofficially Registered Employees – Now!

Text of the petition We call on the European Union to create a financial instrument to support all informal workers with the introduction...

For World’s Street Vendors, Life May Never be the Same after COVID-19

Street vendors provide essential services in cities across the globe, particularly in Africa, Asia and South America, where residents rely...