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  • Project Reports

    Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 1 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to lockdown effects on...

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    Improving Social Protection Access for Domestic Workers in South Asia

    Domestic work is a significant source of employment worldwide, accounting for 4 per cent of the labour force, with an estimated 67.1 million...

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  • Research Reports

    Note d’information de WIEGO sur la violence au travail

    La Convention (n° 190) et la Recommandation (n° 206) de l’OIT sur la violence et le harcèlement ont été adoptées en 2019. Cette note d’information...

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  • Research Reports

    Nota informativa de WIEGO sobre la violencia en el mundo del trabajo

    El Convenio sobre la violencia y el acoso (núm. 190) de la OIT y la Recomendación que lo acompaña (R206) fueron adoptados en 2019. Esta nota...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 23, 2020

    Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel prévoient un long chemin vers la reprise – à moins que les gouvernements passent à l’action –

    Les informations recueillies lors du premier cycle de l’étude sur la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle menée par WIEGO dans 12...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 22, 2020

    Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 22, 2020

    Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal ven un largo camino hacia la recuperación, a menos que los gobiernos actúen

    Los datos arrojados por la primera fase del estudio sobre la crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal, dirigido por WIEGO en 12 ciudades,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal

    Most domestic workers in Nepal are employed in live-out arrangements with multiple employers while others, many of them adolescent girls,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    The Costs of Insecurity: Domestic Workers’ Access to Social Protection and Services in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Domestic workers in Bangladesh carry the heavy cost of inadequate investment in the provision of social protection and services and survey...

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