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Poster offers graphic guidelines for workers in markets, streets and home shops, developed by WIEGO in consultation with experts in public health (Professors Rajen Naidoo and Leslie London of the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town) and the informal economy.
9:00 am EDT (GMT-4) – 10:30 a.m. WIEGO Waste Specialist Dr. Sonia M. Dias will participate in a Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) webinar that focuses on how COVID-19 is affecting women and the necessary actions to promote gender-sensitive responses to the pandemic. REGISTER The webinar...
Despite the troubling and false narrative that has taken hold in Peru and is spreading across Latin America about the role of informal market traders in the growth of COVID-19 cases, these workers are not the problem. In fact, they have been fighting to be part of the solution, in partnership with...
SEWA Bharat – the All India Federation of Self-employed Women’s Associations – has published the results of a phone survey it conducted in April with 300 members in India. The resulting report details how the India-wide lockdown to prevent COVID-19 spread has impacted women’s incomes, savings...
Women workers in vulnerable employment have been the first to lose incomes and will be among the last to recover, write Rachel Moussié and Silke Staab in this UN Women blog. They offer a snapshot of how the health and economic crisis is impacting women workers and detail three priorities that...
9:00 am EDT (GMT-4) – 11:00 a.m. Rachel Moussié, WIEGO’s Deputy Director of Social Protection participated in a webinar, WIEGO Impacts of COVID-19 on care politics, hosted on the SocialProtection.org Platform. Joined Debora Diniz, Brown University / University of Brasilia and Valeria Esquivel, ILO...
On May 19th, WIEGO Urban Policy specialists joined representatives from the World Bank for an exchange about informal workers in cities and COVID-19. Introduced by WIEGO Senior Advisor Marty Chen, the event shed light on the impact of the health and economic crisis on informal workers, contributions...
A working group representing 19 home-based worker associations have joined together to send governments this statement. After detailing the dire financial situation and reminding governments of their responsibility to workers who contribute to Uganda, it articulates concise and achievable demands...
WIEGO’s Social Protection Director Laura Alfers joined a panel discussion as part of the WomenLift Health Gender & Power in COVID-19 Speakers Series. Look around you and see what reality your fellow people live in. That’s what’s going to get you the reputation of a good leader, if you pay attention...
SEWA Bharat – the All India Federation of Self-employed Women’s Associations – has published the results of a phone survey it conducted in April with 300 members in India. The resulting report details how the India-wide lockdown to prevent COVID-19 spread has impacted women’s incomes, savings...
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.