COVID-19 Crisis Study

Rukaya Bawule, a kayayei leader in Accra, Ghana

Rukaya Bawule is 26 years old and a leader of the kayayei, or headporters, in Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. Through her organization,...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Domestic workers’ limited legal and social protection in Tanzania has compounded the impact of the pandemic on workers’ socio-economic circumstances....

COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Policy Insights No. 9 Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to waste pickers based...

Five Ways Waste Pickers Built Connections During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, when waste pickers face harassment, eviction, stigmatization and a decline in earnings, building connections has proven...

66th Commission on the Status of Women

• March 13, 2022 - March 25, 2022
• Online

The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council...

Conectando os catadores de resíduos durante a pandemia

O projeto CataSaúde Viraliza da WIEGO – um curso de capacitação on-line – foi criado no Brasil em 2020 como uma resposta aos desafios da...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, India: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

The study sample in Ahmedabad – the largest city and financial capital of Gujarat State in Western India – included domestic workers, home-based...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

Informal workers in and around Accra’s markets – street vendors, market traders and kayayei – provide affordable goods and services and form...

Connecting Waste Pickers During the Pandemic

WIEGO’s CataSaúde Viraliza project – an online capacity building course – was created in Brazil in 2020 as a response to challenges posed...

Top 5 Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021

2021 was another tough year for informal workers. The crisis is by no means over for them, so we’re looking at what we have learnt...