Livelihoods

Habitat Forum (INHAF) Webinar Series on Rethinking Indian Cities

• December 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020

The vast majority of urban workers in India today (nearly 80 per cent) are informally employed. The urban informal workforce is engaged in...

Gender Equality: a Data and Policy Dialogue

• November 24, 2020
• Online

Part of the UN DESA Global Online Policy Dialogue Series November 24, 2020: 8:00 -9:30 am EST New data from the UN Secretary-General’s report...

Experience of Micro-Entrepreneuers in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas

Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations

• October 21, 2020
• Online
  

2pm-3.30pm South African time

Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

Réduction des déchets dans les villes côtières grâce au recyclage inclusif (ReWCC): Étude de base sur les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss

Le présent rapport s’articule autour du système formel de gestion des déchets, et le diagnostic du système par les acteurs s’appuie sur l’analyse...

Bâtir un Dakar plus inclusif et plus prospère : Recommandations reçues des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel

Ce rapport examine les contributions que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel apportent à Dakar.

Waste pickers in Accra demand consultation on livelihoods in advance of landfill closure

Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra’s Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off...

Resources: COVID-19 Guidelines for Informal Traders in South Africa

COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders (in streets, markets and spaza shops) Poster