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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Blogs

    Blogs: Informal economy workers tell of COVID-19 crucial issues Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their...

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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. Worker Story

    Hopes Go Up in Smoke: A Migrant Street Trader in Durban, South Africa

    For immigrant street traders in Durban, life was hard and lean before COVID-19. When South Africa imposed a strict lockdown in response to...

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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. Worker Story

    Hungry: A Migrant Domestic Worker in Cape Town, South Africa

    Hunger during South Africa’s early COVID-19 lockdown was widespread among domestic workers. A domestic worker from Zimbabwe, who lives in...

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    The Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer’s Story

    Ernestine Mohloboli, a former artist who now makes a living collecting waste in Johannesburg, has long been a proponent of organizing reclaimers....

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    Sewing the Seams: Cape Town Homeworkers Pull Together as COVID-19 Halts Earnings

    Homeworkers in the garment industry are the most vulnerable and exploited link in the supply chain and Cape Town homeworker Chevonne Jacobs...

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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. Worker Story

    Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa

    A determined advocate in the struggle for traders’ rights, Romilla Chetty was desperate to get her trading stalls at Durban’s Warwick Junction...

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    View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19

    When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....

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    Press Release: New Report on NYC Street Vendors and Canners Reveals Depth of COVID Exclusion on Informal Workforce

    Research shows COVID-19 devastated workers’ earnings, wiped out their savings, and forced them into economic freefall, without relief from...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Street Vendors in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Canners in New York City, USA

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific...

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