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PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study March 23, 2020Pandemic: Informal workers urgently need income replacement — and more protections
Social distancing and staying home are real possibilities for middle-class office workers covered by social security. They are much less...
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Advocacy MaterialsJoint Statement: Impact of COVID19 on millions who work informally in South Africa
Statement issued by a network of organisations representing informal workers in South Africa in sectors: domestic work waste picking/reclaiming...
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PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study March 22, 2020DOMESTIC WORKERS: Frontline Care Workers at Risk
Because their work requires them to be in others’ home—often multiple homes—and to come in close contact with individuals and items that...
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COVID-19 and Informal Workers – Advocacy, Opinion & Action
WIEGO is gathering and analyzing information from around the globe to capture the impact of this global pandemic on the world’s two...
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Advocacy MaterialsMessage from President of SAITA on the effects of COVID-19 to the informal business economy
In an open letter, Rosheda Muller, President of South African Informal Traders Alliance (SAITA), has called on governments to support informal...
Read MoreCOVID-19, las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal y el trabajo de WIEGO durante la crisis
WIEGO se está enfocando en las consecuencias devastadoras para los dos mil millones de trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal. Nos...
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COVID-19, Informal Workers and WIEGO’s Work during this Crisis
In this global pandemic, WIEGO is focused on the potentially devastating consequences for the world’s two billion informal workers, who lack...
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