Theme: Public and Workplace Services

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Trends and Changes – Social Protection Briefing Note No. 2

Many different organizations and specialists talk about universal social protection. But their vision of how to achieve it is very different....

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...

Sample Contract for Home-Based Workers

Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic...

Forms of Violence Experienced by Home-Based Workers

Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic...

Family-Friendly Policies for Workers in the Informal Economy

This policy brief is an outcome of a collaboration between WIEGO, UNICEF and the ILO in advocating for family-friendly policies to protect...

Workers Take Fight for Social Protection to ILC

The global networks of workers in the informal economy including the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, HomeNet International, International...

Social Protection Glossary

This glossary provides definitions of key terms and concepts associated with social protection and explains their relevance for workers in...

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...

Women Informal Traders and Child Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Accra, Durban and Nakuru

Key Points The public health measures taken to contain the pandemic coupled with the economic slowdown have significantly reduced women informal...