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  • Accra Waste pickers - Dean Saffron News
    Access to Public Space June 09, 2020

    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...

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  • 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  

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  • Nubian artisans in Uganda News
    May 20, 2020

    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...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    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...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    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...

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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-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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  • HBW in Uruguay sewing masks for COVID-19 Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study May 11, 2020

    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...

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  • 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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  • Advocacy Materials

    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...

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  • 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:

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