Africa

Social Protection Responses Brief 3 English

Social Protection Brief 1 English

Social Protection Briefing Notes

WIEGO has produced a series of briefs to analyze the Social Protection Responses to COVID-19, drawing from WIEGO’s database of social...

ZCIEA Press Statement on the re-opening of the informal sector in Zimbabwe

President of Zimbabwe has said that informal sector enterprises can operate “on condition they register with their authorities first,...

Capacité de Résilience des Acteurs de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS) Face au COVID-19

• June 17, 2020
• Online

17 juin 2020 l 11h00 l Temps Universel Coordonné (TUC) En collaboration avec le Ministère de la Microfinance et de l’Economie sociale...

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  

Innovation et unité : Comment les travailleuse·eur·s à domicile s’adaptent au monde de la COVID-19

Les travailleurs à domicile sont parmi les travailleuse•eur•s les plus invisibles et les plus négligé•e•s du monde, et connaissent trop bien...

Desperate times call for collective voice: Uganda’s home based workforce unites to demand help

Government decrees to don a mask and “be economical” are not much help for the large number of working poor people in Uganda who have lost...

Open Statement about Impacts of Covid 19 Pandemic on Home Based Workers in Uganda

A working group representing 19 home-based worker associations have joined together to send governments this statement. After detailing the...