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We welcome the ILO background report, which focuses on dimensions of labour protection, certain forms of employment and certain groups of workers. It recognizes the need to extend the coverage and effectiveness of labour protection for workers in informal employment.
Мы приветствуем справочный доклад МОТ, в котором основное внимание уделяется аспектам охраны труда, определенным формам занятости и определенным группам работников. В нем признается необходимость расширения охвата и повышения эффективности охраны труда для работников, занятых в неформальном секторе.
Workers in informal employment experience frequent workplace exposure to a range of occupational health and safety risks. The climate crisis poses an additional, existential threat to workers – with catastrophic impacts on workers’ health and livelihoods.
About the 67 th Commission on the Status of Women The 67 th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is happening from 6-17 March in a hybrid format with virtual parallel events . The main theme of...
Esse quadro resumido examina os dados sobre emprego informal no Brasil em nível nacional nos anos de 2019 e 2020, apresentando os impactos da pandemia de COVID-19, com foco em cinco grupos de pessoas trabalhadoras que são principalmente pessoas em empregos informais.
Between July and September 2022, StreetNet International, Cities Alliance and WIEGO interviewed Ukrainian women – most self-employed traders – to determine how the war is affecting women, their incomes and their well-being. Valentyna Korobka was one of these women.
In this interview, Angélique Kipulu Katani, founder and current General Secretary of the League for the Rights of Congolese Women (LDFC) reflects on 25 years of struggle for women who work in informal employment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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...
Even before Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, women workers, particularly those who are self-employed, struggled to earn their livelihoods. The war has exacerbated existing inequalities. Ukrainian women and girls are increasingly vulnerable to displacement, loss...
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.