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In March 2013, a Policy Dialogue was held in Accra, Ghana between informal street traders and officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ga East Municipal Assembly. Facilitated by WIEGO, the policy dialogue centred on the theme Ensuring Optimal Involvement of the Urban Informal...
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...
Every formalization process benefits those who have money. The ones who are left behind are the ones who cannot pay. - Gloria Solórzano, Vendor leader in Peru Peru has one of the highest incidences of informal employment in Latin America – 75 per cent of the workforce is informal (National Household...
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...
Open as PDF | en español Media statement and interview opportunities May 26, 2020 - Despite the troubling and false narrative that has taken hold in Peru and is spreading across Latin America about the role of informal market traders in the growth of COVID-19 cases, these workers are not the problem...
Finding reliable data on the size of the street vending population in any given city can be challenging. Official statistics on street vendors are available only in a few countries. Here's why.
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August 2020 This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the COVID-19 laws with an informal worker lens, with a particular focus on domestic workers and street vendors. The COVID-19 pandemic could be a turning point for the recognition of informal work. Have lawmakers recognized 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.