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This flyer examines data that reveal the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on employment in Mexico. It focuses on six worker groups: domestic workers, home-based workers, market traders, street vendors, informal construction workers and informal transport workers. Data in this snapshot are derived from...
The weekly markets of Delhi have historically served a critical economic and cultural function. Moving markets that are set up in different locations on different days of the week, these markets provide a source of employment for a large number of vendors in the city. Weekly markets are integral to...
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Peru nationally in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informally employed. How the COVID-19 crisis impacted employment in these groups is also included. The data in this document are derived from Informal...
This flyer examines data on informal employment in Chile nationally in 2019 and 2020, with a focus on six groups of workers who are mainly informally employed. How the COVID-19 crisis impacted employment in these groups is also included. The data in this document are derived from Informal Workers in...
Esse quadro resumido examina os dados sobre emprego informal no Brasil em nível nacional nos anos de 2019 e 2020, apresentando os impactos da pandemia de COVID-19, com foco em cinco grupos de pessoas trabalhadoras que são principalmente pessoas em empregos informais.
This snapshot examines data on informal employment in Brazil nationally in 2019 and 2020, showing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informally employed.
WIEGO, alongside membership organizations of the working poor, has been monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers around the world. In mid-2020, interviews were conducted with domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and market traders, and waste pickers in 11...
Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic Empowerment project funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's Work and Opportunity for Women (WOW) Programme. Written by HomeNet South...
Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic Empowerment project funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's Work and Opportunity for Women (WOW) Programme. Written by HomeNet South...
Pocket Tools for Homeworkers Working in Garment Supply Chains is part of a series produced by the Home-based Workers Organizing for Economic Empowerment project funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's Work and Opportunity for Women (WOW) Programme. Written by HomeNet South...
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.