COVID-19 Crisis Study

What Will 2021 Look Like For Informal Workers? An Interview With Sally Roever, WIEGO’s International Coordinator

WIEGO’s International Coordinator, Sally Roever, looks back on 2020 and talks about how lessons learnt last year can be used to improve...

5 aprendizajes de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020

Mientras la pandemia se extendía por el mundo, el llamado a quedarse en casa recrudeció las desigualdades de nuestra sociedad. La crisis...

Marty Chen and Laura Alfers’ blog for the OECD

A new social contract for informal workers: Bridging social protection and economic inclusion

Street vending in times of COVID-19 (Hindi)

Street vending in times of COVID-19 (English)

WIEGO in The Economist

“Someone from the public or the government doesn’t wake up one morning and think ‘Let’s think about the waste pickers’,” she says. “These...

Three Examples of Why Workers’ Voices Matter During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sixty per cent of the world’s workforce consists of informal workers. Their voices are crucial to unpack the hardship, injustice, and possibility...

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...

Mesures visant à lutter contre la violence basée sur le genre dans le contexte de la pandémie mondiale

In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

Medidas para hacer frente a la violencia de género en medio de la pandemia mundial

In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...