The Americas

Imagining Social Security for Domestic Workers: Analysis of the Status of Social Security Coverage for Domestic Workers in 15 Latin American Countries

This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers’ situation regarding social security that reflects...

Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City

Economic Recovery Platform for Workers in Informal Employment in Mexico City  WIEGO organized a dialogue on economic recovery for the informal...

Investing in Decent Work for Domestic Workers

• October 7, 2022 - October 11, 2022
• Kingston, Jamaica

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 The “Investing in Decent Work for Domestic Workers, Ratification and Implementation of C189 and...

Informal Workers in Brazil: A Statistical Profile

This brief examines data on employment in Brazil from 2012, 2019 and 2020, with a focus on five groups of workers who are mainly informal. ...

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...

MTE: Popular economy workers’ child-care facilities offer critical services during COVID-19 in Argentina

The Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos (MTE) – Excluded Workers Movement – in Argentina provides child-care services for its members,...

Weaving Webs of Knowledge, Action and Affection

This e-book compiles photos, learnings and reflections gathered by WIEGO’s Rhonda Douglas based on her research gathered in 2020 and 2021...

Tecendo Redes de Conhecimento, Ação e Afeto

Essa publicação digital toma como ponto de partida a história de impacto escrita por Rhonda Douglas, da WIEGO, com base nas informações coletadas...

Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile

WIEGO’s latest Statistical Brief, Informal Workers in Chile: A Statistical Profile, provides insight into the impact ​ ​COVID-19 and the...

Cooperativas de catadores – colchão amortecedor contra os piores impactos da pandemia

• As cooperativas de catadores funcionaram como um colchão amortecedor para os catadores do Brasil (termo pelo qual são conhecidos no país)...