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Seminarios virtuales, La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores

Nuestra serie, titulada “La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores”, busca generar un espacio de aprendizaje e intercambio en el que las organizaciones de base (OB) y las redes de trabajadores en empleo informal puedan aprender sobre: estrategias de organización e incidencia en materia de políticas...

'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 Africa ( SERI ) represented a group of street traders under threat of an interdict that would have resulted in a total ban on trade in parts of central...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Press Releases

Press Releases: Press Release, December 8, 2021: Study Shows Stalled COVID-19 Recovery Leaves Workers in Informal Employment Hungry, No Govt Relief Comunicado de prensa, 8 de Diciembre de 2021: Un estudio muestra que el estancamiento tras la recuperación por COVID-19 deja hambrientas y sin ayuda del...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Policy Insights

Policy Insights: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations COVID-19 Vaccination and Informal Workers: Immunize, Don’t Marginalize February 2022. Christy Braham. Policy Insights No. 9 English Español Français Key Findings and Policy Recommendations The Crisis is Far from Over for Informal Workers...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: City Fact Sheets

City Fact Sheets: 1 - Accra (Ghana) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana: Lasting Impacts and an Agenda for Recovery (February 2022) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Accra, Ghana (January 2021) 2- Ahmedabad (India) COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal...

Étude sur la crise de la COVID-19 et l'économie informelle

English Español WIEGO et ses partenaires ont travaillé proche des travailleuse·eur·s de l’économie informelle pour mener une étude en 12 villes : la crise de la COVID-19 et l’économie informelle. Les voix de ces travailleuse·eur·s nous aident à décortiquer les contraintes et les injustices dévoilées...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Blogs

Blogs: Informal economy workers tell of COVID-19 crucial issues Workers in the informal economy lost close to 80 per cent of their earnings as the pandemic took hold. This blog describes some of the most crucial issues workers faced during the pandemic, based on the interviews conducted for WIEGO’s...

Coping in Crisis: South African Workers' Lives in COVID-19

Background There is widespread recognition, both internationally and in South Africa, that the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 have impacted particularly negatively on informal workers, whose jobs are precarious, who often depend on daily earnings for survival, and who lack legal and social...

COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: Events and Webinars

Events and Webinars: 24 February 2021 Webinar: COVID-19 Crisis & the Informal Economy: Moving from Relief to Recovery in Delhi English हिन्दी 21 October 2020 - 21 October 2020 Webinar: Women, Informal Work & COVID-19: Data-based Policy Considerations 24 to 31 January 2020 Webinar: Women in the World...