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WIEGO is gathering and analyzing information from around the globe to capture the impact of this global pandemic on the world's two billion informal workers. Here, we capture just a few of the leading advocacy efforts to alleviate the suffering this crisis is causing, and the longstanding inequality...
in English | en español Étant donné que leur travail exige qu’elles soient chez d’autres, souvent dans plusieurs foyers, et qu’elles entrent en contact étroit avec des personnes et des objets qui peuvent être porteurs du virus, les travailleuses domestiques sont en première ligne dans cette pandémie...
In English | en français Debido a que su trabajo les exige estar en la casa de otras personas (a veces, en varias casas) y en contacto directo con personas y objetos que podrían ser portadores del virus, las trabajadoras del hogar ocupan la primera línea en esta pandemia y están en riesgo. De hecho...
Les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux affrontent des risques spécifiques dans cette pandémie – qui vont de la manipulation de matériaux contaminés à la perte de revenus quotidiens essentiels lorsque les gouvernements ordonnent des arrêts de travail et demandent aux gens de rester chez eux –. Leurs...
Las recicladoras y los recicladores están enfrentando grandes riesgos durante esta pandemia – desde manejar materiales contaminados, a perder una paga esencial mientras sus gobiernos ordenan que permanezcan en sus casas. Sus organizaciones dan un paso adelante para ayudarlos y defenderlos.
WIEGO is tracking how governments are addressing the urgent needs of informal workers during this health and economic crisis. Even where governments have designed packages with informal workers in mind, the promised aid may be inadequate, or problems with identifying/registering informal workers may...
2 de abril de 2020 Durante la pandemia mundial de la COVID-19, WIEGO está enfocando su atención en las consecuencias devastadoras para las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal, quienes no poseen protecciones laborales, sociales ni sanitarias. Esta crisis es al mismo tiempo económica y sanitaria...
When India went into an abrupt lockdown on March 24, it triggered a high-profile humanitarian crisis as migrant workers scrambled to get home. Less visible was the impact of the lockdown on the large population of the working poor in India. More than 90 per cent of India's workforce is informal...
Home-based workers who produce goods and services for local markets or for national and international buyers have always been isolated and invisible. But the COVID-19 crisis has created new challenges that have left millions in desperate circumstances.
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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.