Public and Workplace Services

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...

Informal work and maternal and child health: A blind spot in public health and research

Extending childcare services to workers in the informal economy: Policy lessons from country experiences

This brief presents a new typology of childcare services available to workers in the informal economy and their young children between 0-3...

Labour and human rights frameworks promoting childcare for all workers

This second policy brief on childcare for workers in the informal economy highlights the relevant international legal instruments, including...

Quality child-care services for workers in the informal economy

Women working in the informal economy must earn income. Child-care provision and parental leave are proven to have a positive impact on women’s...

Three new ways of looking at the urgent need for quality childcare

Few public investments will have as transformative an impact on present and future generations, and on equality between women and men and...

Extending social security to workers in the informal sector: a view from the ground

In this article, Laura Alfers discusses how the extension of social security to informal workers is possible.

The ILO World Social Protection Report 2017-19: An Assessment

WIEGO’s Director of Social Protection, Laura Alfers, and Deputy Director Rachel Moussié wrote this assessment of the ILO’s World...

How Universal Health Coverage Reaches the World’s Poorest: Community Health Workers

Pushpa Rathod’s work days are unpredictable. On any given day, she may be talking to adolescents about their health, counseling women working...

Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales

El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...