Theme: COVID-19 Crisis Study

Advocating for Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine: Experiences from Informal Workers Around the World

• September 2, 2021
• Online

Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight TimeLanguages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Bahasa Indonesian.   Securing...

Social Protection Glossary

This glossary provides definitions of key terms and concepts associated with social protection and explains their relevance for workers in...

Social Protection for Economic Recovery: Key Messages and Calls to Action from Workers in the Informal Economy

Investments in social protection are integral to economic recovery. As national governments, global financial institutions, donors and corporations...

Pandemic Policies: What Governments Did to Reach the Most Vulnerable Workers

COVID-19 has exposed government inaction in extending dignity and fairness to informal economy workers in the most brutal way. Let’s take...

The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Street Vendors and Market Traders: Trends and Insights from Latin America

This study examines the laws and regulations passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, and their impact on informal vendors,...

Informal Economy Workers Tell of COVID-19 Crucial Issues

Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their earnings as the pandemic took hold. This blog describes some of the most...

Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru

Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Executive Summary

The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-coordinated1 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19...

Protection sociale des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel : Tendances et changements

Le système d’enregistrement est un outil essentiel pour étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel.  Dans cette note...

Protección social para lxs trabajadorxs en empleo informal: Cambios y tendencias

El registro es una herramienta esencial para ampliar la protección social a lxs trabajadorxs en empleo informal. En este informe, examinaremos...