Workers’ Health and Safety

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...

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...

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

Milestone Talks on Informal Employment

In their first direct engagement, informal worker representatives and officials of the CNDH’s Program of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

EPRI Global Webinar: Expanding Social Protection Coverage to the Informal Workforce

• July 14, 2022

The impacts of the pandemic have exposed the large-scale vulnerabilities faced by workers in the informal economy, including the lack of...

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...

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...

Worker-led Social Protection Schemes Provide a Lifeline

Informal economy worker-led social protection schemes are certainly not a substitute for universal social protection, but they can play a...