Workers’ Health and Safety

Home Net South East Asia (HNSEA) Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Workshop

• September 26, 2018 - September 28, 2018

Luang Prabang, Laos This HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) workshop was attended by affiliates of HNSEA from Thailand, Laos, Philippines and...

OHS in India

OHS Project in India In India, the OHS project worked in two cities. In Ahmedabad, Gujurat, WIEGO supported the work of the Self-Employed...

Brazil – OHS Project

  WIEGO’s OHS project supported the ongoing work of the Worker’s Health Unit (PISAT) at the Institute for Collective Health at the Federal...

OHS Newsletter

Occupational Health and Safety for Informal WorkersIssue 8: November 2013English: pdf   Español: 

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health & Safety in the Informal Economy WIEGO undertook a research project focused on occupational health and safety (OHS)...

Universal Health Care and Informal Workers

December 12 is Universal Health Coverage Day. But what does UHC mean for the majority of the world’s workers who are informally employed...

Workers’ Health

WIEGO’s Initiative Health is crucial for workers in the informal economy because their income relies on their ability to work. However,...

New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment

When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...

New Podcast Unpacks How Informal Workers are Fighting for Healthcare, Child Care and Safety at Work

Globally, 2-billion people work in the informal economy. They are some of the most vulnerable workers in the world, and they are the new...

For Cities to Make Progress on SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, They Must Listen to Grassroots’ Solutions

Through a series of ambitious global commitments in recent years, governments across the world have signed on to build a more equitable and...