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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. Press

    Garment workers from production countries call for new EU supply chain directive to stop exploitative working conditions

    Contact: Nicole Pryor – nicole.pryor@wiego.org, Graciela Mora – graciela.mora@wiego.org, Kendra Hughes – kendra.hughes@wiego.org Garment...

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  • News

    Open Letter to European Union Policymakers

    As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding...

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  • Resource Documents

    The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Asia

    This analysis covers COVID-19 laws in seven Asian countries, namely, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    Re-examining Legal Narratives on Vagrancy, Public Spaces and Colonial Constructs: A Commentary on the ACHPR’s Advisory Opinion on Vagrancy Laws in Africa

    This edition of Law and Informality Insights analyzes the implications for informal workers of the recent African Court on Human and Peoples’...

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  • Resource Documents

    The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Street Vendors and Market Traders: Trends and Insights from Latin America

    This study examines the laws and regulations passed in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, and their impact on informal vendors,...

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  • Law & Informality Insights - March 2021 - thumbnail Law & Informality Insights

    The “Right to the City” and Emerging Indian Jurisprudence: Implications for Informal Livelihoods

     

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  • Advocacy Materials

    The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector: Its Application to Homeworkers

    In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These principles are important...

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  • HNSA_HNSEA_WIEGO_EUPlatform Policy/Position Documents

    Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: Platform of Demands to the European Commission

    A Platform of Demands to the European Commission in the context of the proposed legislation governing Sustainable Corporate Governance in...

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  • Trader, Accra - Ghana Research Reports

    The Recognition and Protection of Informal Traders in COVID-19 Laws: Lessons from Africa

    This paper analyses the COVID-19 laws of 41 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone African countries with an informal trading lens. It considers...

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  • Law & Informality Insights

    The Impact of COVID-19 Laws on Informal Workers: A Review of 51 Countries

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