Public and Workplace Services

4 Ways Informal Workers Use Cooperatives

A delegation of workers at the recent ILC conference on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy noted the importance of optimizing...

Why an Enforceable Protocol on Social Protection is Essential in Africa

The African Union recently adopted a Protocol on Social Protection, which is significant because it means that the African Union now has...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo

In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria

The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its...

Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?

Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...

The Pandemic is Not Over

The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...

दिल्ली, भारत में COVID-19 संकट और असंगठित क्षेत्र: चालू आर्थिक प्रभाव और असमान रिकवरी

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Bangkok, Thailand: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery

This report presents the Bangkok findings from Round 2 of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study that was conducted...

Extending social protection for informal workers in Togo

Global Deal Conference

• April 6, 2022 - April 7, 2022
• Online

The Global Deal, in cooperation with Open Society Foundations, is organizing a virtual high-level conference in the afternoon of the 6th...