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Briefs
Registration: Key Concepts, Approaches and Strategies to Include Informal Workers
In this briefing note we review the current debates on strategies, challenges and opportunities regarding registration in the context of...
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Organizing Briefs
Unlocking Strength and Resilience: The Self Employed Women’s Association’s COVID-19 Strategies in Delhi
The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) has over 2.5 million members across 18 states in India. SEWA organizes women workers to achieve...
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Building Collective Power February 28, 2024Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?
The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward...
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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Sector Findings
Sector Findings: In both 2020 and 2021, WIEGO assessed the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study October 24, 2023The Struggle for Vaccine Equity for Workers in Informal Employment Continues
Despite their essential contributions to society and high exposure to the virus, workers are often excluded from vaccine drives. A closer...
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Resource Documents
Street Vending and Market Trading During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Nine Cities
This report draws on interviews with street vendors and market traders in nine cities – Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Bangkok, Thailand;...
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Briefs
Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals
The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of...
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COVID-19 Crisis Study April 14, 2023The Superheroes of Mexico City
WIEGO’s Tania Espinosa Sánchez and Yuleina Carmona talk about the success of the Lxs Rifadxs campaign in Mexico City, which helped residents...
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Statistical Briefs
Informal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021
This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19...
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Resource Documents
Pune Waste Pickers’ Innovative Efforts to Fund the Extension of Decent Work and Social Protection
Taking inspiration from India’s long experience with welfare boards, which provide social protection for self-employed workers and are generally...
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