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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 22, 2020

    Informal Workers See a Long Road to Recovery Ahead — Unless Governments Act

    Data from the first round of the WIEGO-led COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study in 12 cities point to three common patterns across...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power November 22, 2020

    Trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal ven un largo camino hacia la recuperación, a menos que los gobiernos actúen

    Los datos arrojados por la primera fase del estudio sobre la crisis de la COVID-19 y la economía informal, dirigido por WIEGO en 12 ciudades,...

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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. Impact Story

    Home-based workers in Bulgaria: Using the ILO Reporting Mechanism to Work

    In Bulgaria, the Trade Union of Self-employed and Informal Workers (UNITY) has made significant gains advocating for homeworkers’ labour...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    HNEE Petition: Emergency Minimum Income for Unofficially Registered Employees – Now!

    Text of the petition We call on the European Union to create a financial instrument to support all informal workers with the introduction...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    Innovation and unity: How home-based workers are adapting to the COVID-19 world

    Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    Innovación y unidad: Cómo se están adaptando las personas trabajadoras en domicilio al mundo de la COVID-19

    Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    Innovation et unité : Comment les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile s’adaptent au monde de la COVID-19

    Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

    Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

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  • Working Papers

    The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks

    This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...

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  • Journal Articles

    Homework in Germany and Spain: Industrial Restructuring and the Meaning of Homework for WomenGeoJournal

    Abstract:

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