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

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

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  • GPURL Online Learning Series 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...

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  • Street vendors social distancing in India Post
    COVID-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...

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  • Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-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...

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  • Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-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...

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  • Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-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 Rafidos campaign for waste pickers in Mexico City Project

    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....

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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-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 »,...

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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-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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  • Newspaper vendor Lima Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 08, 2020

    Informal workers on the frontlines of COVID-19: Providing critical services without adequate protections and pay

    Although many informal workers are now considered to be “essential workers,” that was not always the case. Before the crisis, ongoing harassment...

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