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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Care Workers

    Child care workers provide a necessary and valuable service that benefits individual families and the community and state. But care workers—almost...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Press
    Child Care August 06, 2019

    JOINT STATEMENT: Workers Organizations Call for Quality Public Child Care Services

    Download a printable PDF of the statement  |  in French  |  in Spanish

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  • WIEGO’s Child Care Campaign

    Informal workers organizations and trade unions unite to call for quality public child care services – READ FULL STATEMENT

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  • Textile worker in Laos in 2011 (Photo M.Chen) Project

    Child Care and Informal Workers

    The Social Protection Programme started the Child Care Initiative in 2014. Its aim is to encourage local and national governments to consider...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    OHS in India

    OHS Project in India In India, the OHS project worked in two cities. In Ahmedabad, Gujurat, WIEGO supported the work of the Self-Employed...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    Brazil – OHS Project

      WIEGO’s OHS project supported the ongoing work of the Worker’s Health Unit (PISAT) at the Institute for Collective Health at the Federal...

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  • OHS Newsletter

    Occupational Health and Safety for Informal WorkersIssue 8: November 2013English: pdf   Español: 

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Project

    Occupational Health and Safety

    Occupational Health & Safety in the Informal Economy WIEGO undertook a research project focused on occupational health and safety (OHS)...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Informational Article

    Universal Health Care and Informal Workers

    December 12 is Universal Health Coverage Day. But what does UHC mean for the majority of the world’s workers who are informally employed...

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  • Photo Credit: Juan Arredondo/Getty Images Reportage Page

    Workers’ Health

    WIEGO’s Initiative Health is crucial for workers in the informal economy because their income relies on their ability to work. However,...

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