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En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement ghanéen a commencé à mettre hors service le site d’enfouissement de Kpone à Accra, déplaçant les plus de 300 travailleuse·eur·s qui y collectent des déchets.
Con un presupuesto equivalente al 12% de su PIB, el Perú implementó el paquete de respuesta a la pandemia del COVID-19 más grande en América Latina. Su objetivo principal era ofrecer apoyo a la población más vulnerable durante la pandemia. Desde el 16 de marzo también ha implementado medidas...
With a budget equivalent to 12% of its GDP, Peru put together the largest COVID-19 pandemic response package in Latin America. Its main intention was to provide some relief to the people most vulnerable during the pandemic. As of March 16, 2020, the country implemented a strict lockdown to combat...
Las personas vendedoras ambulantes brindan servicios esenciales en ciudades de todo el mundo, especialmente en África, Asia y América del Sur, donde los residentes recurren a ellas para cubrir sus necesidades básicas. Forman parte de un vasto sistema alimentario informal que evita que una gran parte...
Les personnes vendeuses de rue fournissent des services essentiels dans les villes du monde entier, en particulier en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique du Sud, où les résident·e·s dépendent d’elles pour couvrir leurs besoins fondamentaux. Elles font partie d’un vaste système alimentaire de l’informel...
Street vendors provide essential services in cities across the globe, particularly in Africa, Asia and South America, where residents rely on them for basic needs. They are part of a vast informal food system that keeps much of the world from going hungry. But the pandemic has devastated the...
Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and isolation. Increasingly, however, they have been organizing. The COVID-19 crisis has underlined just how valuable that collective association can be for...
Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con la inestabilidad salarial y el aislamiento. Sin embargo, han comenzado a organizarse cada vez más. Esta crisis resaltó lo valiosa que puede ser la asociación...
Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien la précarité des revenus et l'isolement. Cependant, elles et ils s'organisent de plus en plus. La crise de la COVID-19 a mis en évidence la grande valeur que l...
On March 24, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, announced a 21-day lockdown across India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The very next day, recognizing that the lockdown would break the food supply chain, the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad, India, announced an innovative initiative...
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.