Workers’ Health and Safety

Pandemia: las personas trabajadoras en la economía informal necesitan con urgencia una sustitución de ingresos y más protecciones

“Aplanar la curva” se ha convertido en el mantra de la pandemia del COVID-19, pero los pedidos de autoaislamiento y de distanciamiento social...

COVID-19, las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y el trabajo de WIEGO durante la crisis

WIEGO se está enfocando en las consecuencias devastadoras para los dos mil millones de trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal. Nos...

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 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.

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...

Towards Universal Health Coverage for Home-Based Workers in Southeast Asia

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become a rallying call for the global health movement and is now officially encapsulated within the United...

StreetNet Interational: Organizing for Social Protection

This pamphlet showcases the work and goals of StreetNet International in helping street vendors gain social protection. It was produced with...

Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA’s Community Health Workers

October 7 is World Day for Decent Work with a focus this year on “investing in the care economy.” Whether providing preventative health information,...