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COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 5 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to older informal workers based on research undertaken as part of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study.
WIEGO's Director of Social Protection, Laura Alfers, and Deputy Director Rachel Moussié wrote this assessment of the ILO's World Social Protection Report from an informal worker perspective.
The growing aging population in developing Asia and the Pacific has significant consequences for providing social protection to the elderly. Social protection in the region has historically been weak and fragmented, and has mainly supported small segments of the population in the formal sector. Many...
México: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica y la Organización Internacional; Mujeres en empleo informal, globalizando y organizando (WIEGO).
Income Security for Older Workers is a pillar of work for the Social Protection Programme. WIEGO focuses on older informal workers--people who are contributing to household incomes and to care work, rather than as the unproductive elderly who need to be cared for. We are interested in learning more...
In this global pandemic, WIEGO is focused on the potentially devastating consequences for the world’s two billion informal workers, who lack labour, social and health protections. We are striving to ensure that informal workers’ issues are addressed, providing information and advocacy tools and...
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.