Global Research

Sewing the Seams: Cape Town Homeworkers Pull Together as COVID-19 Halts Earnings

Homeworkers in the garment industry are the most vulnerable and exploited link in the supply chain and Cape Town homeworker Chevonne Jacobs...

Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa

A determined advocate in the struggle for traders’ rights, Romilla Chetty was desperate to get her trading stalls at Durban’s Warwick Junction...

View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19

When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....

Press Release: New Report on NYC Street Vendors and Canners Reveals Depth of COVID Exclusion on Informal Workforce

Research shows COVID-19 devastated workers’ earnings, wiped out their savings, and forced them into economic freefall, without relief from...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Street Vendors in New York City, USA

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Canners in New York City, USA

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

New Report on NYC Street Vendors and Canners Reveals Depth of COVID Exclusion on Informal Workforce

• January 27, 2021
• Online

Tens of thousands of New York City residents make a living on NYC’s streets and sidewalks, selling food, merchandise, and recycling...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Pleven, Bulgaria

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: City Fact Sheets

City Fact Sheets: 1 – Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery...

What Will 2021 Look Like For Informal Workers? An Interview With Sally Roever, WIEGO’s International Coordinator

WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Sally Roever, looks back on 2020 and talks about how lessons learnt last year can be used to improve...