WIEGO calls for stronger protection and a rights-based approach to formalization for workers in informal employment at OECD report launch Read More
Call for Comments: Guidelines on the Protection of the Rights of Workers in the Informal Economy in Africa Read More
WIEGO and Royal Academy of Engineering seek expressions of interest for symposium on circular economy Read More
Strengthening the Role of Local Governments in Citizen Data Production: The Waste Picker Census in Bogotá Read More
Informal Work in South Africa and COVID-19: Gendered Impacts and Priority Interventions In South Africa, informal workers in general, and women informal workers in particular, have been disproportionately hard hit by measures... Read More
Domestic Workers, Risk & Social Protection in Delhi National Capital Region Delhi, India’s capital and a bustling metropolis, is home to many migrant workers from across the country. For most women migrants, domestic... Read More
Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal Most domestic workers in Nepal are employed in live-out arrangements with multiple employers while others, many of them adolescent girls,... Read More
The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey... Read More
The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,... Read More
Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy... Read More
Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women.... Read More
Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues... Read More
Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and... Read More
Participatory Policy Making: Lessons from Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme This policy brief draws out lessons from the Thai health reform process which are relevant to both policy makers and organizations of informal... Read More
