Workers' Lives is a series that profiles individual workers, putting a face to the realities of informal employment in different countries and contexts. These articles illuminate both working conditions and living environments, and how individual workers experience, first-hand, the impact of policies and organizing initiatives.
Sarah Heneck. Hopes Go Up in Smoke: A Migrant Street Trader in Durban, South Africa. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 13
Bronwen Dachs Muller. Sewing the Seams: Cape Town Homeworkers Pull Together as COVID-19 Halts Earnings. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 12
Leslie Vryenhoek. The Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer's Story. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 11
Bronwen Dachs Muller. Hungry: A Migrant Domestic Worker in Cape Town, South Africa. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 10
Sarah Heneck. Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 9
Jenny Grice. View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker's Uphill Battle during COVID-19. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 8
Devenish, Annie and Laura Alfers. Bridges to Better Lives: SEWA's Community HealthWorkers. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 7
Vryenhoek, Leslie. Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 6
Carré, Françoise. Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 5
Vryenhoek, Leslie. Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 4
Castel-Branco, Ruth. Organizing the Patience Industry: Profile of a Domestic Worker in Maputo, Mozambique. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 3
Vryenhoek, Leslie. Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 2
de Brito, Deia. God Is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker's Story. WIEGO Workers' Lives No. 1