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Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and their earnings had not recovered to pre-pandemic levels: By mid-2021, the vast majority – 89% – of waste pickers were back at work, but monthly earnings lagged...
This report analyzes 15 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.
Este trabalho considera 15 países da América Latina: Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, Equador, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Nicarágua, Panamá, Paraguai e Peru.
This report seeks to provide a comprehensive regional overview of domestic workers' situation regarding social security that reflects recent changes and the impact of such changes, as well as the opinions of organized domestic workers. Research has been done in 15 Latin American countries –...
This joint WIEGO and HomeNet Cambodia study adds to the limited research on home-based workers and their access to social-protection programmes in Cambodia. Home-based workers in Cambodia and their families face a wide range of occupational, environmental and health risks that can push them into...
The Social Innovation Awards recognize leaders, and social and environmental change initiatives that have the potential to respond to the complex problems facing our world. In 2023, the Schwab Foundation awarded WIEGO in a new category on Collective Social Innovation, which recognizes organizations...
While debates about taxation and social protection in relation to the informal economy are widespread, there is little empirical evidence to support them. Using new and representative data on informal workers in Accra, Ghana, this paper contributes novel evidence on the extent to which informal...
Date: Thursday, 15 December, 2022 Time: 13:00 – 14:30 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Language: English, French, Spanish, Gujarati & Thai Register to attend! Workers in the informal economy make up the global majority of workers across the world, yet generally experience hugely inadequate and...
The TUC–UNIWA Informal Sector Pension Scheme was established in Ghana in 2017 by the Union of Informal Workers Associations (UNIWA) as a registered as a voluntary group pension scheme with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA). Despite its flexible contribution regime, the scheme has...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.