Public and Workplace Services

New Podcast Unpacks How Informal Workers are Fighting for Healthcare, Child Care and Safety at Work

Globally, 2-billion people work in the informal economy. They are some of the most vulnerable workers in the world, and they are the new...

New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment

When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...

Social Protection for Informal Workers

These basic facts are at the core of WIEGO’s work around social protection. Informal is normal. Informal employment accounts for the...

HNSEA Universal Health Coverage Workshop at ASEAN People’s Forum

• September 10, 2019 - September 12, 2019
• Bangkok, Thailand

Members of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for the ASEAN Summit from 31 October...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuries

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

Role of Informal Sector Recycling in Waste Management in Developing Countries

The Dilemma of the Informal Sector, Report of the Director-General

International Labour Conference, 78th Session, Geneva

The Exceptional Persistence of India’s Unorganized Sector

This paper documents several key facts about India’s unorganized sector in manufacturing and services. the paper investigates conditions...

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...