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Toward a Better Deal for Informal Workers: A Paradigm Shift Post-COVID

• April 13, 2021
• Online

Time: 9am–11am EST In partnership with Ford Foundation and UNU-WIDER, WIEGO co-hosted an event to celebrate the book and call attention to...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Events and Webinars

Events and Webinars:

Habitat Forum (INHAF) Webinar Series on Rethinking Indian Cities

• December 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020

The vast majority of urban workers in India today (nearly 80 per cent) are informally employed. The urban informal workforce is engaged in...

United Nations Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights

• November 16, 2020 - November 18, 2020
• Geneva (Online)

The United National Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights is the largest global gathering with a focus on trends, challenges and progress...

Reaching the ‘missing middle’: Social protection for informal workers in COVID-19

With formal workers buffered to some extent by the protection provided through their formalized work relations, and the poorest of the poor...

Cómo llegar al “sector intermedio olvidado”: Protección social para trabajadorxs en empleo informal durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Dado que la situación de lxs trabajadorxs en empleo formal se ve atenuada, hasta cierto punto, por la protección que reciben a través de...

Atteindre le « milieu délaissé » : Protection sociale pour les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel en temps de COVID-19

Les travailleuse·eur·s du formel, d’une part, ont été quelque peu touché·e·s par la protection offerte par leurs relations de travail officielles....

Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?

• October 6, 2020 - October 8, 2020
• Online

The October 6-8 global e-conference “Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?”...

Policy Responses to the Employment Effects of COVID-19 in the Global South: What Have We Learnt So Far?

• September 1, 2020 - September 4, 2020
• Online

September 2, 2020: 3 PM (CEST, UTC+2) The World Bank in collaboration with  UNU-WIDER , the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and the Network...