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Between 23 March-8 April, WIEGO conducted a rapid assessment to understand how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting informal workers in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This document contains what WIEGO learned.
COVID-19 has rendered home-based workers vulnerable with absolutely no source of income and food. The governments of South Asian countries are declaring support programmes, however, HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) has found that home-based workers have been left out of income support programmes. As a...
Grim reports of overwhelmed health systems from here and other parts of Europe, as well as North America, have dominated COVID-19 coverage in much of the world’s influential news media. But the focus has begun to shift to an equally devastating story from the Global South. That story is one of...
La cobertura de COVID-19 por parte de muchos de los medios de comunicación más influyentes del mundo ha estado dominada por informes desalentadores sobre sistemas de salud desbordados, tanto aquí en Europa como en América del Norte. Sin embargo, el foco de atención ha comenzado a desplazarse para...
Les rapports sinistres sur les systèmes de santé débordés d’ici et d’autres parties de l’Europe, ainsi que de l’Amérique du Nord, ont dominé la couverture de la COVID-19 dans une grande partie des médias d’information influents du monde. Mais l’attention a commencé à se déplacer vers l’histoire tout...
Llaman a proteger economía informal - Pide WIEGO CDMX ayudas para 52% de población activa económicamente Leer en español .
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers in India and elsewhere. It presents recent national data on the size and composition of home-based work in developing countries as well as findings from two recent field studies of urban home-based...
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has become a rallying call for the global health movement and is now officially encapsulated within the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care...
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.