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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – French

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    Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – English

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    Social Protection Responses Brief 7 – Spanish

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  • Photo credit: Jonathan Torgovnik_Getty Images Reportage. Sitsa Ncube came to South Africa from Zimbabwe to find employment as a domestic worker. Oct 21 2020

    Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations

    • October 21, 2020
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  • Advocacy Materials

    COVID-19 Poster Guidelines for Informal Traders in Namibia

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  • Street vendor in Johannesburg News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 07, 2020

    ‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders under COVID-19

    Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 17, 2020

    Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique

    Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...

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  • South Africa street vendor with food during COVID-19 News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 17, 2020

    ‘Punished for their poverty’: Street traders in South Africa

    Because it often takes litigation to get city authorities to protect informal traders’ rights, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 16, 2020

    No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

    Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

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  • Learnings from Ebola in Sierra Leone Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 15, 2020

    Using learnings from the Ebola crisis

    When COVID-19 hit, Vandi Lansana knew what he had to do. As National Vice President of the Sierra Leone Traders’ Union, he had dealt with...

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