Poverty / Inequality

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

Press Release: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief

Nearly one-third of respondents in mid-2021 said family members had gone hungry over the last month. Despite dire need, government cash and...

Cartilha de precificação para o trabalho dos catadores e das catadoras

Pagamento por serviços na catação Esta cartilha apresenta orientações de como precificar o trabalho dos catadores seja das organizações coletivas...

It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center

Excerpt from the opinion piece, It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president...

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 that Empowers Women

• June 29, 2021 - June 30, 2021
• Online
  East Asia

ASEAN Regional Forum on Social Protection to Empower Women At this forum, hosted by Oxfam, participants from women’s organizations including...

La fête du Travail : des investissements dans la protection sociale et du travail nécessaires à la reprise économique

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1° de mayo: las inversiones en protección social y laboral son necesarias para la recuperación económica

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1º. de maio: Investimentos em proteções sociais e trabalhistas necessárias para a recuperação econômica

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