Public and Workplace Services

Home-Based Workers’ Access to Social Protection: Lessons Learned from the IDPoor Programme in Cambodia

This joint WIEGO and HomeNet Cambodia study adds to the limited research on home-based workers and their access to social-protection programmes...

At World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation Awards WIEGO as Social Innovator of the Year 2023

The Social Innovation Awards recognize leaders, and social and environmental change initiatives that have the potential to respond to the...

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...

Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector

While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme in Ghana

The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a...

Universal Health Coverage and workers in the informal economy: reshaping health systems for the global majority

• December 15, 2022
• Online

Date: Thursday, 15 December, 2022Time: 13:00 – 14:30 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)Language: English, French, Spanish, Gujarati &...

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...

Child Care in Markets

Workers in informal employment often lack access to high quality public services, including child-care services. Lack of child-care support...

A regional approach to Universal Social Protection: The case of the African Union Protocol

Guidelines and Standards for Day-Care Centres in and around Markets in Ghana

These guidelines and standards for day-care centres in and around markets in Ghana were developed through the collaborative efforts of a...