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  • Meat seller in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 08, 2021

    Regulating Informal Food Vending in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: Best Practices from Africa and Latin America

    Governments, preoccupied with guaranteeing the availability of essential goods and services, compiled lists of essential activities that...

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  • Mexico City, Mexico (Photographer César Parra) Sep 06 2021

    WIEGO at UNU-WIDER Conference on COVID-19 and Development

    • September 6, 2021 - September 8, 2021
    • Online

    WIEGO at the UNU-WIDER Conference on “COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South”  

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  • Woman informal worker receiving vaccine Sep 02 2021

    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...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Social Protection Glossary

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

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Protección Social Para La Recuperación Económica

    Las inversiones en protección social son esenciales para la recuperación económica. A medida que los gobiernos nacionales, las instituciones...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    La Protection Sociale Pour La Reprise Économique

    Les investissements dans la protection sociale sont une partie intégrante de la reprise économique. Lorsque les gouvernements nationaux,...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    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...

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  • Vendors and customers at the Saturday weekly market in Vasant Kunj, Delhi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 22, 2021

    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...

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  • Vendors and customers at the Saturday weekly market in Vasant Kunj, Delhi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 22, 2021

    Políticas públicas durante la pandemia: qué hicieron los gobiernos para llegar a lxs trabajadorxs más vulnerables

    “Nuestras manos cartoneras han hecho del mundo un lugar mejor.” – Jaquelina Flores, de la Alianza Global de Recicladores. “Esto es trabajo....

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  • Vendors and customers at the Saturday weekly market in Vasant Kunj, Delhi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 22, 2021

    Politiques en pandémie : Ce que les gouvernements ont fait pour atteindre les travailleuse·eur·s les plus vulnérables

    “Nos mains de récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux ont rendu le monde meilleur.” – Jaquelina Flores de l’Alliance mondiale des récupératrice·eur·s. “C’est...

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