Informal workers account for more than half of the urban economy in most developing countries, yet their contributions remain largely unrecognized. Three Getty Images photojournalists — Juan Arredondo, Jonathan Torgovnik, and Paula Bronstein — set out with WIEGO, a global network focused on securing livelihoods for informal workers, to capture images and stories of women at work in Ghana, South Africa, India, Thailand, Peru and Colombia.
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This video was produced by Getty Images for WIEGO and the Hewlett Foundation.