Global Research

Informal Workers in Southeast Asia: Resourceless, yet Resourceful

Informal workers dominate the region’s labor market in both urban and rural areas. More than half of the workforce in most Southeast Asian...

The Urgent Need to Question Senegal’s Commitment to Ensuring Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods

The restructuring of the Mbeubeuss dump where over 2,000 men and women earn their living is part of Senegal’s “acceleration” programme...

The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Asia

This analysis covers COVID-19 laws in seven Asian countries, namely, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and...

Making home-based work environments safer, healthier and productive: Emergency relief in crisis and disaster situations; COVID-19 relief

This brief is a part of WIEGO’s documentation of Mahila Housing SEWA Trust’s (MHT) work to capture insights on their work that has...

Homes Double as Workplaces for Many Urban Poor, Especially Women

To highlight the challenges faced by home-based workers as well as efforts to address these challenges, the WIEGO network commissioned resources...

Building Back Better: Informal Workers Stake Their Claim for an Inclusive Delhi

Delhi stands at a critical historical juncture. More than a year after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and a few months after a devastating...

WIEGO at UNU-WIDER Conference on COVID-19 and Development

• September 6, 2021 - September 8, 2021
• Online

WIEGO at the UNU-WIDER Conference on “COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South”  

Regulating Informal Food Vending in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond: Best Practices from Africa and Latin America

Governments, preoccupied with guaranteeing the availability of essential goods and services, compiled lists of essential activities that...

Advocating for Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine: Experiences from Informal Workers Around the World

• September 2, 2021
• Online

Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight TimeLanguages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Bahasa Indonesian.   Securing...

Social Protection Glossary

This glossary provides definitions of key terms and concepts associated with social protection and explains their relevance for workers in...