Theme: Livelihoods

Resources: COVID-19 Guidelines for Informal Traders in South Africa

COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders (in streets, markets and spaza shops) Poster  

Informal workers can help stop COVID-19 infection spread in Peru and Latin America

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Home-Based Workers and Urban Plans, Policies and Practice: India in Comparative Perspective

This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent...

WIEGO in the World Newsletter

  July 2019  English  |  en Español |  en Français

Street Vendors: Frequently Asked Questions

A guide for journalists on key questions about street vendors.

Waste Pickers: Frequently Asked Questions

A guide for journalists on key questions about waste pickers.

Interview: How South Africa Could Become a Model for Formalizing the Informal Economy

WIEGO’s Organization & Representation Programme Director, Jane Barrett, talks about the ILO’s Recommendation 204 on formalizing the...

Worker Education & Advocacy Materials

COVID-19: Safety, prevention and advocacy resources For Domestic Workers’ Organizations Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 –...

An Economic Sociology of Informal Work: The Case of India

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.