Arab States

Webinar on Informal Economy Work and the Right to Work in Africa

• May 30, 2023
• Online

Date: Tuesday May 30, 2023Time: 12:00hrs – 14:00hrs (GMT); 15:00hrs – 17:00hrs (EAT); 14:00hrs – 16:00hrs (SAT)Duration: 2 hoursLanguages:...

111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)

• June 5, 2023 - June 16, 2023
• ILO Headquarters
  Geneva

111th Session of the International Labour Conference: A just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, and labour protection The...

Uganda’s Constitutional Court Holds Vagrancy Laws Unconstitutional

In a ground-breaking decision for street vendors and other informal workers, the Constitutional Court of Uganda found the country’s vagrancy...

66th Commission on the Status of Women

• March 13, 2022 - March 25, 2022
• Online

The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council...

Extending Social Protection to Women and Men in the Informal Economy

• June 3, 2021 - June 19, 2021
• ILO Headquarters, Geneva
  Virtual

109th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC)   ‣ ILO final Statement ‣ Introduction ‣ Global Network Position Paper ‣ Notable...

Social Protection Responses Brief 2 English

Social Protection Briefing Notes

WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

Achieving decent employment for all requires improving workers’ homes and livelihoods

WIEGO and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) are co-chairs of the Grassroots Partners Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners,...

Defining and Measuring Informality: The Case of Turkish Labor Market

Abstract:

Labour Markets Policies and Institutions, with a Focus on Inclusion, equal Opportunity and the Informal Economy

National Background Paper- The case of SYRIA