Street Vendors & Market Traders

SEWA Social Security Case Studies

WIEGO Briefing Note on Violence at Work

The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), and the accompanying Recommendation (R206) were adopted in 2019. This briefing...

COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders in Namibia

‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders under COVID-19

Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....

‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders in South Africa

Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...

Using learnings from the Ebola crisis

When COVID-19 hit, Vandi Lansana knew what he had to do. As National Vice President of the Sierra Leone Traders’ Union, he had dealt with...

Lecciones de la crisis del Ébola

Cuando comenzó la pandemia de la COVID-19, Vandi Lansana sabía qué era lo que debía hacer. Como vicepresidente del Sindicato de Comerciantes...

Les leçons de la crise d’Ebola

Lorsque la COVID-19 a frappé, Vandi Lansana savait ce qu’il devait faire. En tant que vice-président national du syndicat des vendeuse·eur·s...

Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...