Theme: Public and Workplace Services

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,...

Regional Dialogue on Social Protection of Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia

• March 2, 2022
• Online
  Manila, Philippines

Date: March 2, 2022Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm Philippine Standard Time (GMT +8 hours)   HomeNet Southeast Asia, a sub-regional network of...

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 3

In this brief, we discuss the changes in Bolsa Família, the Brazilian cash-grant flagship programme, in light of the recent developments...

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...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Webinar Report

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented public health and humanitarian crisis, marked by forced lockdowns, social distancing, and...

Childcare, an Important Step on the Road to Recovery for Women Workers – Policy Brief

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...

Oi! Foi bom te ver lá na formação. Na sua turma também tinha catadores e catadoras do Brasil todo e que trabalhavam na rua ou galpão?

Cartão-Memória Cata Saúde: Este cartão-memória reconta como foi o projeto de capacitação online Cata Saúde Viraliza a partir de um diálogo...

Are Unfounded Assumptions About the Informal Economy Undermining Universal Social Protection?

It is fair to say that there are a number of legitimate and often complex challenges that governments face in expanding social protection...