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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...

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”  

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...