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- PostCOVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020
Innovación y unidad: Cómo se están adaptando las personas trabajadoras en domicilio al mundo de la COVID-19
Las personas trabajadoras en domicilio están entre las más invisibilizadas y descuidadas del mundo, y están demasiado familiarizadas con...
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Innovation and unity: How home-based workers are adapting to the COVID-19 world
Home-based workers are among the world’s most invisible and overlooked workers, and they are all too familiar with insecure earnings and...
Read More - Advocacy Materials
ZCIEA (Zimbabwe) Press Statement On The Destruction Of Vendors’ Stalls during COVID-19 Lockdown
Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) is deeply saddened by the horrible, inhuman and ruthless destruction of vendors’...
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Message from President of SAITA on the effects of COVID-19 to the informal business economy
In an open letter, Rosheda Muller, President of South African Informal Traders Alliance (SAITA), has called on governments to support informal...
Read More - Statistical Briefs
Informal Workers in Ghana: A Statistical Snapshot
This brief details recent data on informal workers in Greater Accra, urban Ghana and Ghana overall, and looks at the data:
Read More - Mar 01 2020
Activities in Accra Mark International Waste Pickers Day
- March 1, 2020 - March 5, 2020
- Accra, Ghana
In Accra, the events marking International Waste Pickers Day (March 1st) will last all week. Waste pickers will hold a press conference,...
Details - Resource Documents
Street Vendor Exclusion in “Modern” Market Planning: A Case Study from Kumasi, Ghana
Read More - PostBuilding Collective Power January 14, 2020
Las mujeres pobres redefinen la forma de lograr la igualdad de género
Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, WIEGO va a presentar una serie de artículos durante este mes de marzo para profundizar en las...
Read More - PostBuilding Collective Power January 12, 2020
L’égalité des sexes : les travailleuses pauvres redéfinissent la voie à suivre
En cette Journée internationale de la femme, WIEGO lance une série d’un mois sur la vie des femmes travailleuses de l’économie informelle....
Read More - PostBuilding Collective Power January 12, 2020
Invisibilité à Dakar : les travailleuses de l’économie informelle s’affirment contre
À Dakar, au Sénégal, les femmes font face, hier et aujourd’hui, à des inégalités économiques et sociales — de l’analphabétisme à la pauvreté,...
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