COVID-19 Crisis Study

For Informal Workers: COVID-19 Crisis Resources

The global COVID-19 crisis is having economic and health impacts on informal workers. Information on this page is designed to help keep informal...

ZCIEA (Zimbabwe) Press Statement On The Destruction Of Vendors’ Stalls during COVID-19 Lockdown

Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) is deeply saddened by the horrible, inhuman and ruthless destruction of vendors’...

L’impact des mesures de santé publique sur les moyens de subsistance et la santé des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel

Entre le 23 mars et le 8 avril 2020, WIEGO a mené une évaluation rapide pour comprendre l’impact de la COVID-19 et des mesures de santé publique...

The world’s most vulnerable garment workers aren’t in factories – and global brands need to step up to protect them

Workers at the bottom of the garment supply chain — subcontracted homeworkers, mostly women, who stitch from homes for some of the leading...

El impacto de las medidas de salud pública en los medios de subsistencia y en la salud de trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal

Entre el 23 de marzo y el 8 de abril de 2020, WIEGO llevó a cabo una evaluación rápida para entender cómo la COVID-19 y las medidas de salud...

The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Street Economy and Solution Proposals

“Towards a Solidarist and Participative Social Economy”  This pamphlet offers facts and figures on the informal economy in Turkey,...

Food Security and Street Vendors During COVID-19: Interview with WIEGO’s Caroline Skinner

The health crisis and related lockdowns have made accessing food a challenge for many. While grocery store workers have been deemed essential...

Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/ self-employed workers

• April 21, 2020
• Online @socialprotection.org

WEBINAR April 21: WIEGO’s Laura Alfers, Director of Social Protection, and Carmen Roca, Focal City Lima Coordinator, delivered a webinar...

O CORONAVÍRUS E AS PESSOAS RECICLADORAS: REDUÇÃO DOS RISCOS

O projeto Cuidar da WIEGO no Brasil se focaliza na compreensão dos riscos à saúde que os recicladores e recicladoras enfrentam. Para apoiar...

How cities can support informal workers: COVID-19 and beyond

Our last blog highlighted three essential informal workers striving to keep their communities fed, informed and clean during the COVID-19...