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  • Advocacy Materials

    Medidas para hacer frente a la violencia de género en medio de la pandemia mundial

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Measures to tackle gender-based violence amid the global pandemic

    In this brief, we look at three countries, Indonesia, New Zealand and South Africa, that have responded to the shadow pandemic of gender-based...

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  • Trader, Accra - Ghana Report

    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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  • Four working women wearing masks Page

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Policy Insights

    Policy Insights: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize February...

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  • Homeworker in Tiruppur, India Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study December 16, 2020

    Top 5 lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

    It has been a year like no other. As the pandemic encompassed large swathes of the world, calls for staying home starkly emphasized the inequalities...

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    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Global Findings

    Global Findings: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study is a WIEGO-coordinated multi-city longitudinal study that assesses the...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Workers and the Social Protection Response to COVID-19: Who got relief? How? And did it make a difference?

    Key findings and policy recommendations pertaining to COVID-19 food and cash relief measures for informal workers based on research undertaken...

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  • Christina Ohenewaa, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana Post
    Building Collective Power December 05, 2020

    Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel prévoient un long chemin vers la reprise – à moins que les gouvernements passent à l’action –

    Les informations recueillies lors du premier cycle de l’étude sur la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle menée par WIEGO dans 12...

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  • Research Reports

    Note d’information de WIEGO sur la violence au travail

    La Convention (n° 190) et la Recommandation (n° 206) de l’OIT sur la violence et le harcèlement ont été adoptées en 2019. Cette note d’information...

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  • Domestic Worker in South Africa Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study November 27, 2020

    Trabajadoras del hogar: en primera línea de la pandemia y en riesgo

    En todo el mundo, al menos 67 millones de personas están empleadas como trabajadoras del hogar. Gracias a su labor, que permite que las familias...

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