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COVID-19 Situation and Activity On March 24, with just four hours notice, India went into a 21-day lockdown. The abrupt lockdown triggered a massive humanitarian and migration crisis as workers scrambled to get home. The lockdown has led to a massive loss of livelihoods with no informal workers in...
Workers in the informal economy are playing an important role in climate change mitigation. Further, they usually leave a smaller carbon footprint than their formal counterparts. Yet informal workers and the informal economy are too often overlooked in climate change deliberations and green economy...
The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials that would otherwise end up in the environment. When better organized and formally integrated into recycling systems, waste pickers can increase their contribution...
WIEGO's Cuidar Project is shedding light on the health risks that waste pickers face—and helping find solutions. A joint initiative with waste picker cooperatives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the project is expanding and sharing health knowledge and enhancing waste pickers’ connections to local...
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.
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In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials. This work is essential to maintaining a healthy city, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign calls on the public and the...
In this global crisis, organizations of informal workers have established fundraising campaigns to support these essential, unprotected workers. For the world's 2 billion informal workers, COVID-19 is a dual health and economic crisis. Many live and/or work in crowded spaces without running water...
The global COVID-19 crisis is having economic and health impacts on informal workers. Information on this page is designed to help keep informal workers safer during this pandemic, or to assist informal worker organizations and allies in your advocacy efforts with policymakers. More information is...
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.