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WIEGO's International Coordinator, Sally Roever, looks back on 2020 and talks about how lessons learnt last year can be used to improve working conditions for informal workers in 2021.
La coordinadora internacional de WIEGO, Sally Roever, hace un balance del 2020 y habla sobre cómo lo aprendido el año pasado puede usarse para mejorar las condiciones laborales de las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal durante el 2021.
La coordinatrice international de WIEGO, Sally Roever, fait un retour sur l'année 2020 et raconte comment les leçons apprises l'année dernière peuvent servir pour améliorer les conditions de travail des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel en 2021.
A new social contract for informal workers: Bridging social protection and economic inclusion
“Someone from the public or the government doesn’t wake up one morning and think ‘Let’s think about the waste pickers’,” she says. “These gains come from years and years of struggle.”
Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility for transformation as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers the implications of these laws for informal traders' continuity of work, measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and social dialogue and engagement with...
ESPAÑOL ENGLISH Cette année a été unique en son genre. Alors que la pandémie a affecté de vastes régions de la planète, les appels à rester chez soi ont mis en évidence les inégalités dans notre société. La crise a un effet dévastateur sur les deux milliards de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel dans...
It has been a year like no other. As the pandemic encompassed large swathes of the world, calls for staying home starkly emphasized the inequalities in our society. The crisis has a devastating impact on the world’s two billion informal workers. Drawn from WIEGO’s work with informal workers...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
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.