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Les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile qui produisent des biens et qui fournissent des services pour les marchés locaux ou pour des acheteurs nationaux et internationaux ont toujours été isolé·e·s et invisibles. Mais la crise de la COVID-19 a créé de nouveaux défis qui ont laissé des millions de...
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...
Miss Priyamas Sooksombat lives in Noan Sa-aad community in KhonKaen province in Thailand. She is a basket and handbags/bag weaver, whose products are mainly for sale. She reflects on the impact of COVID-19 outbreak that her life now is full of worries and fear.
In Bulgaria, the Trade Union of Self-employed and Informal Workers (UNITY) has made significant gains advocating for homeworkers' labour rights using Convention 177 on Homework and the ILO reporting mechanism. Organizing home-based workers in Bulgaria Homeworkers in Bulgaria began to organize in the...
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Malavika Narayan July 2020 Photo credit: Rashmi Choudhary In a room full of strangers, Savita ben starts to tell her story, her voice strong, her gaze sharp. Recalling her journey, her face clouds over remembering the difficulties she has faced. She recounts in a soft but determined manner, her...
The Workers’ Voices webinar series aims to provide a space for learning and exchange where membership-based organizations (MBO) and networks of informal workers can learn about: innovative policy advocacy and organizing strategies during the COVID-19 crisis; and positive policy responses and/or MBO...
Nuestra serie, titulada “La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores”, busca generar un espacio de aprendizaje e intercambio en el que las organizaciones de base (OB) y las redes de trabajadores en empleo informal puedan aprender sobre: estrategias de organización e incidencia en materia de políticas...
City Fact Sheets: 1 - Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery (February 2022) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana (January 2021) 2- Ahmedabad (India) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal...
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.