Arab States

Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

Webinar on Informal Economy Work and the Right to Work in Africa

• May 30, 2023
• Online

Date: Tuesday May 30, 2023Time: 12:00hrs – 14:00hrs (GMT); 15:00hrs – 17:00hrs (EAT); 14:00hrs – 16:00hrs (SAT)Duration: 2 hoursLanguages:...

111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva

111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...

Uganda’s Constitutional Court Holds Vagrancy Laws Unconstitutional

In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy...

66th Commission on the Status of Women

• March 13, 2022 - March 25, 2022
• Online

The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council...

Extending Social Protection to Women and Men in the Informal Economy

• June 3, 2021 - June 19, 2021
• ILO Headquarters, Geneva
  Virtual

109th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)   ‣ ILO final Statement ‣ Introduction ‣ Global Network Position Paper ‣ Notable...

Social Protection Responses Brief 2 English

Social Protection Briefing Notes

WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

Wage Earners, Self-Employment and Gender in the Informal Sector in Turkey

World Bank Policy Research Report on Gender and Development, Working Paper Series, No. 24

Executive Summary of Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights 2016 Informal Labor

This paper is the executive summary of the 2016 Arab Watch Report on Economic and Social Rights with a focus on informal labor. The full...