Public and Workplace Services

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the KAMBE Savings and Credit Cooperative in Uganda

The experience of the KAMBE SACCO highlights the importance of savings as a safety net for workers in informal employment in times of emergency....

Gender-Based Violence: What you should know

แบกปัญหา หาบภาระ : ผลกระทบวิกฤตค่าครองชีพต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร

ข้อมูลจากงานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ในรายงานสรุปและข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบาย แสดงให้เห็นถึงผลกระทบของวิกฤตค่าครองชีพที่มีต่อแรงงานนอกระบบในกรุงเทพมหานคร...

Registering Informal Workers in India: e-Shram, an Opportunity Lost?

The launch of e-Shram, a national database of workers who earn a living in the informal economy, holds lessons for implementation going forward...

Does Social Protection Cause Informality? A Critical Review of the Literature on the Relationship between Social Protection, Formal and Informal Employment

Several influential international organizations, academic studies and reports claim that social protection is an important driver of informality....

Statistics as a Catalyst for Making Women Workers Visible

Renana Jhabvala, co-founder of SEWA and former chair of WIEGO, talks about the historical relationship between both organizations, and the...

‘I Want to be Protected’: Experiences and Perspectives of Informal Workers on Social Security in Thailand

This brief explores the experiences of self-employed workers with Article 40 of Thailand’s Social Security Fund on the basis of focus group...

‘ฉันต้องการได้รับการคุ้มครอง’: ประสบการณ์และมุมมองของแรงงานนอกระบบต่อการประกันสังคมในประเทศไทย – WIEGO Policy Brief No. 31

Shouldering the Burden: Impacts of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on Workers in Informal Employment in Bangkok, Thailand

The qualitative data collected in this Policy Brief show how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting workers in informal employment in Bangkok....

The Struggle for Vaccine Equity for Workers in Informal Employment Continues

Despite their essential contributions to society and high exposure to the virus, workers are often excluded from vaccine drives. A closer...