Global Research

Global Day of Action: Invest in Care, Now!

WIEGO is joining the Global Day of Action for Care on 29 October 2020, calling on governments to invest in public health and care service...

Reaching the ‘missing middle’: Social protection for informal workers in COVID-19

With formal workers buffered to some extent by the protection provided through their formalized work relations, and the poorest of the poor...

Cómo llegar al “sector intermedio olvidado”: Protección social para trabajadorxs en empleo informal durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Dado que la situación de lxs trabajadorxs en empleo formal se ve atenuada, hasta cierto punto, por la protección que reciben a través de...

Atteindre le « milieu délaissé » : Protection sociale pour les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel en temps de COVID-19

Les travailleuse·eur·s du formel, d’une part, ont été quelque peu touché·e·s par la protection offerte par leurs relations de travail officielles....

We need to listen to the workers: WIEGO partners conduct COVID-19 Global Impact Study

There are no economic indicators so important or revealing as the words of workers. Today, the voices of informal economy workers, who constitute...

Debemos escuchar a lxs trabajadorxs: Aliados de WIEGO realizan un estudio sobre el impacto mundial de COVID-19

No hay indicadores económicos más importantes o reveladores que las palabras de lxs trabajadorxs. Actualmente, las voces de lxs trabajadorxs...

Nous devons écouter les travailleuse·eur·s : Alliés de WIEGO mènent une étude sur l’impact mondial de la COVID-19

Il n’y a pas d’indicateurs économiques aussi importants ou révélateurs que les mots des travailleuse·eur·s. Aujourd’hui, les voix des travailleuse·eur·s...

Global Supply Chains in Times of COVID-19 – Global Labour University MOOC

• September 25, 2020
• Online

In August 2020, The Global Labour University launched a free self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Global Supply Chains in Times...

Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?

• October 6, 2020 - October 8, 2020
• Online

The October 6-8 global e-conference “Turning the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity: What’s Next for Social Protection?”...

‘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...