Livelihoods

111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva

111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...

‘We Are Not Alone’: Waste Pickers Worldwide Unite

In this interview, Leonor Larraburu of the Unión de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Economía Popular (UTEP) in Argentina tells us about...

The Superheroes of Mexico City

WIEGO’s Tania Espinosa Sánchez and Yuleina Carmona talk about the success of the Lxs Rifadxs campaign in Mexico City, which helped residents...

From Organizing Workers to Organizing Humanitarian Aid

Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders...

5 Local Actions to Support the Informal Workforce that Should Go Global

In promoting a better urban future, the United Nations recently called for the sharing of transformative approaches to local action – what...

Subverting Master Planning to Advance Informal Worker Interests: Lessons from Delhi

Heeding the United Nations call to share transformative approaches to local action on World Cities Day, Focal Cities Coordinator Jenna Harvey...

Book Review: The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future

Released in 2020, the book “The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future” has been reviewed by...

Milestone Talks on Informal Employment

In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

EPRI Global Webinar: Expanding Social Protection Coverage to the Informal Workforce

• July 14, 2022

The impacts of the pandemic have exposed the large-scale vulnerabilities faced by workers in the informal economy, including the lack of...

COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary

The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their...