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Personas en trabajo informal demandan ser incluidas en recuperación económica Estudio de WIEGO revela que más de la mitad de las personas entrevistadas dejaron de de trabajar durante el confinamiento. Representantes de organizaciones de trabajo informal, la Presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos...
Time: 9am–11am EST In partnership with Ford Foundation and UNU-WIDER, WIEGO will co-host an event to celebrate the book and call attention to the future of informal work. In mid-2020, Routledge Press published The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. This volume...
Contested Urban Spaces: Urbanisation, Law, and Informal Work is a two-year edited book project by WIEGO and IRGLUS that explores this theme across multiple jurisdictions and from diverse viewpoints. To participate in this project, please submit an abstract of between 300-400 words to the editors by...
There is No Recovery without Informal Workers COVID Recovery and Post-COVID Reforms: Demands of Informal Worker Organizations This document provides a framework and concrete examples of the relief, recovery and longer-term reforms called for by organizations of informal workers that took part in...
Informal workers demand inclusion in economic recovery, after receiving little relief during Covid-19 crisis The workers call for expanded social protection and to be included in the recovery measures. The urgency is detailed in a global study that shows Accra ranked worst in government relief to...
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Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.