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  • Rebuilding Lives in Resettlements Worker Story

    Rebuilding Lives in Resettlements: The Story of Savita Ben

    Malavika Narayan July 2020 Photo credit: Rashmi Choudhary In a room full of strangers, Savita ben starts to tell her story, her voice strong,...

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  • Informal worker Iris Lamiorkor runs a snack stand at Kwame Nkrumah Circle Market. Unlike other vendors who sell during the day Page

    Social Protection Briefing Notes

    WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

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  • Portrait of Marty Chen, WIEGO Senior Advisor News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 21, 2020

    Marty Chen in IDS Webinar on Informal Workers: What Can Be Done

    WIEGO Senior Advisor Marty Chen recently participated in an Institute of Development Studies webinar, “The COVID-19 crisis facing informal...

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  • Call for brands to extend one-time contribution to all garment workers during COVID-19 News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study July 20, 2020

    Call for brands to extend one-time contribution to all garment workers

    WIEGO, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) and HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) 
demand that brands extend a one-time...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Joint Statement Garment Workers COVID-19

      En Español (PDF)

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in India: A Statistical Profile

    This statistical snapshot of India’s home-based workers offers data on the size of this workforce, age, sex, type of industry and more. Data...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Informal Workers in the COVID-19 Crisis: A global picture of sudden impact and long-term risk

    In an immediate response to COVID-19, WIEGO conducted a rapid assessment to understand how the pandemic and the related public health measures...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. Impact Story

    Home-based workers in Bulgaria: Using the ILO Reporting Mechanism to Work

    In Bulgaria, the Trade Union of Self-employed and Informal Workers (UNITY) has made significant gains advocating for homeworkers’ labour...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    WIEGO Network Platform – Hindi

    वैिश्वक अथर्व्यवस्था में अनौपचािरक श्रिमक संगठन सभी स्तरों पर सरकारों को इस दौरान जमीनी स्तर पर उभरने वाले राहत प्रयासों पर हमारे साथ भागीदार...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    HNEE Petition: Emergency Minimum Income for Unofficially Registered Employees – Now!

    Text of the petition We call on the European Union to create a financial instrument to support all informal workers with the introduction...

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