COVID-19 Crisis Study

Waste Pickers and COVID-19: An Interview with WIEGO’s Sonia Dias

The world’s garbage workers are on the frontlines of the pandemic, and their work has become increasingly risky as they keep cities clean....

World Day for Safety & Health at Work

April 28 is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The need to protect workers who provide essential services has never been greater. WIEGO...

La fuerza laboral del trabajo en domicilio del mundo pide protecciones para sobrevivir el COVID-19

COVID-19 Health Guidelines for Informal Traders

COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders English     

Informal Workers During the Pandemic-Cum-Lockdowns: Demands & Responses

WIEGO’s Marty Chen gave this presentation to students at the Harvard Kennedy School in April 2020 to outline what informal workers...

For Informal Workers: COVID-19 Crisis Resources

The global COVID-19 crisis is having economic and health impacts on informal workers. Information on this page is designed to help keep informal...

ZCIEA (Zimbabwe) Press Statement On The Destruction Of Vendors’ Stalls during COVID-19 Lockdown

Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) is deeply saddened by the horrible, inhuman and ruthless destruction of vendors’...

L’impact des mesures de santé publique sur les moyens de subsistance et la santé des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel

Entre le 23 mars et le 8 avril 2020, WIEGO a mené une évaluation rapide pour comprendre l’impact de la COVID-19 et des mesures de santé publique...

The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them

Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...

Las personas trabajadoras textiles más vulnerables no trabajan en fábricas: Las marcas mundiales deberían protegerlas

Las personas trabajadoras en la parte inferior de la cadena de suministro textil (trabajadoras subcontratadas, en su mayoría mujeres, que...