Global Research

Homes Double as Workplaces for Many Urban Poor, Especially Women

To highlight the challenges faced by home-based workers as well as efforts to address these challenges, the WIEGO network commissioned resources...

Building Back Better: Informal Workers Stake Their Claim for an Inclusive Delhi

Delhi stands at a critical historical juncture. More than a year after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and a few months after a devastating...

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...