Global Research

Pandémie : les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel ont besoin d’un remplacement du revenu de toute urgence et de plus de protections

« Aplatir la courbe » est devenu un mantra de la pandémie COVID-19, mais les appels à l’auto-isolement et à la distanciation sociale...

Pandemia: las personas trabajadoras en la economía informal necesitan con urgencia una sustitución de ingresos y más protecciones

“Aplanar la curva” se ha convertido en el mantra de la pandemia del COVID-19, pero los pedidos de autoaislamiento y de distanciamiento social...

Joint Statement: Impact of COVID19 on millions who work informally in South Africa

Statement issued by a network of organisations representing informal workers in South Africa in sectors: domestic work waste picking/reclaiming...

DOMESTIC WORKERS: Frontline Care Workers at Risk

Because their work requires them to be in others’ home—often multiple homes—and to come in close contact with individuals and items that...

COVID-19 and Informal Workers – Advocacy, Opinion & Action

WIEGO is gathering and analyzing information from around the globe to capture the impact of this global pandemic on the world’s two...

Message from President of SAITA on the effects of COVID-19 to the informal business economy

In an open letter, Rosheda Muller, President of South African Informal Traders Alliance (SAITA), has called on governments to support informal...

COVID-19, las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y el trabajo de WIEGO durante la crisis

WIEGO se está enfocando en las consecuencias devastadoras para los dos mil millones de trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal. Nos...

COVID-19, Informal Workers and WIEGO’s Work during this Crisis

In this global pandemic, WIEGO is focused on the potentially devastating consequences for the world’s two billion informal workers, who lack...

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Accra’s Street & Market Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Lima, Peru