Region: Asia & the Pacific

Microinsurance needed for low-income families in India, says new report

The insurance authority of India has made public a report that calls for the urgent implementation of changes that would expand microinsurance...

Informal Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

Employment in India is overwhelmingly informal: 90 per cent of all workers are employed under informal arrangements nationally; in urban...

Women who work from home ‘shrouded in a cloak of invisibility’

“When we think of work-from-home, let us enable and promote better living and working conditions not just for the elite, but also for the...

The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Informal Workers: A Review of 51 Countries

Impact of COVID-19

COVID-19 and Delhi’s Waste Pickers By: Avi Majithia July 2020

Rebuilding Lives in Resettlements: The Story of Savita Ben

Malavika Narayan July 2020 Photo credit: Rashmi Choudhary In a room full of strangers, Savita ben starts to tell her story, her voice strong,...

Impact of COVID-19 on Street Vendors in India: Status and Steps for Advocacy

By: Avi Singh Majithia July 2020 Photo credit: Rashmi Choudhary The lockdown in Delhi came down harshly on street vendors, as it did for...

Social Protection Responses Brief 4 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...

Home-Based Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

This statistical snapshot of India’s home-based workers offers data on the size of this workforce, age, sex, type of industry and more. Data...