All posts in Urban Planning and Design
- Jun 02 2020
Resilience on the front lines: Building clean, healthy cities for clean, healthy seas
- June 2, 2020
- Online
On Tuesday, 2 June, 7:30 am – 8:30 a.m. EDT, waste sector specialist from WIEGO’s Urban Policies Programme, Dr. Sonia M. Dias, joined global...
Details - Fact Sheets/Infographics
Resources: COVID-19 Guidelines for Informal Traders in South Africa
COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders (in streets, markets and spaza shops) Poster
Read More - May 19 2020
World Bank-WIEGO Roundtable
- May 19, 2020
- Online
On May 19th, 2020, WIEGO Urban Policy specialists joined representatives from the World Bank for an exchange about informal workers in cities...
Details - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study May 05, 2020
Vegetables on Wheels in Ahmedabad, India: SEWA partners with municipality to ensure food access during lockdown
On March 24, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, announced a 21-day lockdown across India to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The very...
Read More - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 24, 2020
Comment les villes peuvent soutenir les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel pendant la crise de la COVID-19 et au-delà
La situation actuelle a dévoilé la détresse des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel. Les deux milliards de travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel...
Read More - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 23, 2020
Qué pueden hacer las ciudades para apoyar a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal durante la COVID-19 y en el futuro
El contexto actual dejó al descubierto la situación apremiante que atraviesan las trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal. Dadas las...
Read More - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 15, 2020
How cities can support informal workers: COVID-19 and beyond
Our last blog highlighted three essential informal workers striving to keep their communities fed, informed and clean during the COVID-19...
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Los Rifados de la Basura Campaign
In Mexico City, thousands of people work daily keeping the city clean, collecting waste from residents and recycling reusable materials....
Read More - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 10, 2020
Les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sur le front de la COVID-19 : Fournir des services essentiels sans protection ni rémunération adéquates
Même si plusieurs travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel sont aujourd’hui considéré·e·s comme des « travailleuse·eur·s essentiel·le·s »,...
Read More - PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study April 09, 2020
Esenciales pero desprotegidos: las trabajadoras y trabajadores en empleo informal durante la crisis
Actualmente, a muchas personas trabajadoras en empleo informal se las considera “esenciales”, pero ese no siempre ha sido el caso. Antes...
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